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from Vital e-magazine from the Staalplaat office [Number 336 - Week 34/2002]
written by Frans de Waard
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BEN SWIRE - EQUILIBRIUM (CDEP by The Foundry)
An EP is an extended play that holds middle between a short play (single) and a longplay (euh LP), and is something is that is either just right, or a cry for more. In Ben Swire's case I'd just it's just right. Ben Swire's background is drumming in a band called Bode and studying electronic music. In the period living in London he released a 7" through NTone and playing in Minus, "crafting live experimental and improvisational music". His four cuts on this EP shares his interest in ambience and rhythm. The tracks are loaded with washes of synths, all in your face with a huge dose of rhythms and combines the best of Hypnos and The Foundry on one site (which is not surprise if you see who released this EP) and the melancholy of rhythm oriented music of Morr Music, Arovane or City Centre Offices, but less straight forward techno then is usual on those labels. It might occur to you that this is a strange combination but it's one that works well, at least in these four tracks. I wondered if I'd fancy a whole CD on this. Probably not, because I find some of Swire's approaches too cliche's, especially his use of the synths is kinda like much of the kind of presets that come along from the factory. So, the medium of an EP is just right here. (FdW)
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