Review: Cleveland death metal legends in the making 200 STAB WOUNDS have a hardcore following of fans and are getting ever more critical acclaim. Their new album Manual Manic Procedures on Metal Blade Records is only heightening that reputation with another bold mix of high-quality death metal sounds that are seriously constructed but not too earnest in execution. This fine sophomore effort follows 2021's Slave to the Scalpel, a manic debut that is followed up by another hefty slab of old-school death metal but with a contemporary edge. If you like it hard and gore-themed with ferocious licks and unrelenting drums, get your ears around this one which deals with themes as diverse as chemical spills and mental health.
Notes: Swarm is a hyper-oscillator capable of an array of patch-filling sounds. Create super-saws, tonal noise hurricanes, and thick bass and lead lines.
Swarm is comprised of a large set of oscillators (up to 88 voices!). Control the number of available oscillators with the Voices control, and dial in the desired amount of pitch variance across the voices with detune. Take Swarm's oscillators from a rich thickening of sound to atonal chaos in the turn of a knob! Swarm also provides macro pitch control with the Freq knob, which also tracks 1v/oct through its CV input. A waveform toggle is also available for switching between sawtooth and pulse waveforms, expanding the timbral palette Swarm offers! Design pumping trance leads, minimoog style basslines, and more with Swarm!
Review: Past Inside The Present has really gone to town with the re-release of this 36 album The Lower Lights: it comes in several different formats and vinyl versions with this one being a limited, numbered and opaque red vinyl including a download code. Musically it is just as essential as a collection of tracks from a year-long 'Audio Diary' project undertaken by 36 between April 2018 and April 2019. It first came back in May 2019 and soon sold out, such is the quality of the vibrant and eclectic ambient sounds within. This is not sleep-inducing background material, but rather emotionally charged soundscaping with a mix of dark, futuristic and urgent pieces all making the cut.
Review: The 4 Jades are a mysterious soul and funk group from Ohio, who first released these two stunning tracks in 1972 under the label Cin-Town Records. Written and produced by label owner Wilbert Longmire, who also features on guitar here, he joins the likes of William L Johnson for a loving stylistic homage to the likes of James Brown and Curtis Mayfield here. Both 'Gee, How I Miss You' and 'Doon-Chang' express the sultrier and waltzier respective ends of the Jades' sound; don't let their name fool you, as they're anything but 'jaded', with the former track flaunting their lithely harmonic acapella abilities and the latter reflecting a more sexually tense atmosphere, one that hardly assumes a thing.
Notes: Crystal-clear clock-synced delay for loop up to 90 seconds, echoes, sound-on-sound, Karplus-Strong etc.
Features:
Loop or echo time is synchronized to a clock
87 seconds of delay/loop time maximum
48kHz/24-bit sampling rate, loop recorded at 16-bit (24-bit optional)
Extremely quiet, low noise and low jitter design
Tap tempo button and clock Ping input set the basis for one "beat"
Delay/loop time set as a number of musical beats (or fractions of beats) using the Time knob, switch, and CV jack
Sample-accurate clock output for perfect synchronization
Loop clock outputs for each channel
Time switches change range of Time knob from 1/8th notes up to 32 bars
Digital feedback, up to 110%
Delay Feed control, independent of dry/wet signal mix
Infinite Hold mode disables recording input and fixes regeneration at exactly 100%
Reverse mode plays memory contents backwards
With an infinite loop locked, knobs or CV can "window" around memory, by shifting the loop
Trigger inputs for toggling Infinite Hold and Reverse
Send and Return for applying effects to feedback with external modules
CV jacks to control Time, Level, Feedback and Dry/Wet Mix
16HP Eurorack module
Specs:
48kHz, 24-bit low-noise hi-fidelity
Up to 90 seconds of loop time
16HP
+12V: 110mA
-12V: 45mA
Included with the Looping Delay:
16-to-16 pin power cable
4 x M3 Knurlie screws
Review: Beijing based Leele, Tokyo based S.O.N and Detroit transplant Camille has come together to give you something soothing from Adeen records. Their debut live studio album A Band Of Brothers is a nice warm welcome from the label that's known for house and techno. The late 70's early 80's Japanese fusion jazz influenced offering is split into two discs with one being all jazz, and disc two being remixed into breezy house tracks. Rather is an easy chilled out vibe or a night on the dancefloor, A Band Of Brother got you covered for all occasions.
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