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Rimese 10:15
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Erisem 05:33
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Merise 11:41
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Iserme 06:54
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Xermi 03:37
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Emries 06:13
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Semeri 05:50

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X as the unknown, X as a reference to time. X as a definite position between possibility and contingency. the album X by the swiss band strøm works with remix as a method, explores the potential of the origin. or the result's? the work on the concept album started with an improvised piece by gaudenz badrutt (analog synthesizer) and christian müller (contra bass clarinet and live effects). in a process of intense live sampling the starting material was used again, was turned, played, twisted, cut. the result were two different pieces which were respectively remixed twice. one original, six times reworked in layers. what unfolds on the album X is the excitement of the beginning, of exploring the traces, of returning to the unknown. its structure reflects the process of thinking forwards and backwards at the same time: it starts with the last remixes and ends with the first piece.

X frames different levels of abstraction, of focus, of examining the duo's wide range of musical languages – noise, drone, deconstruction, analog electronics and digital potential, acoustic and processed sound material. Despite the conceptual rigor, X is a playful and improvised, light and subtle re-interpretation and re-flection of the band's musical universe. With their 11th album, the two musicians behind Strøm propose their very own axis to map the possibilities of immediate play and the consistency of instant composing.

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released March 21, 2016

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Strøm Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Strøm are a group of about two musicians, approximately 60 cables of audio, a bunch of stompboxes, some oscillators... is improvised and an idea of ambiguous clusters of sound, are many busy electrons, is a stirred cocktail on the rocks, mixed with 2/3 of avant-garde classic and 1/3 of experimental rock, is a trip to the dark galaxy of electronic sound, works at 220V, or also with 1.5‰... ... more

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