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Furthernoise issue January 2007 http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?iss=60

Welcome to the new years issue of Furthernoise.org. We have loads of new reviews & critical analysis of some of the best and most recent music and noise including a feature interview with Toby Butler and Lewis Gibson on their soundwalks project Memoryscape along the river Thames.

"Memoryscape with Toby Butler and Lewis Gibson" (feature) Memoryscape are sound walks that take place at two of the most contrasting stretches of river in London. DRIFTING begins in the peaceful surroundings of Hampton Court Palace and DOCKERS ends up in the rarely explored industrial landscape of the Greenwich peninsula. Mark Mclaren interviews Toby Butler and Lewis Gibson the artists behind the work and starts by asking how memoryscape was recorded and realised. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=150 feature by Mark McLaren

"A little Hungry - The Caution Curves" (review) Lets cut to the chase? This may take some time... last thing they did (The Caution Curves CD) was really a surprise, of the cup of tea brought to you in bed variety, nice, thoughtful, warm and sweet. But now I know what to expect... so I shall furrow my brow deeply in a serious music reviewer frown, grit my jaded teeth, prepare to be disapointed and insert the disk. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=151 review by Mark Francombe

"Duae - Pablo Reche and Miguel Angel Tolosa" (review) A collaboration between sound artists Pablo Reche (Buenos Aires) and Ubebeot (Madrid) which explores "post-industrial landscapes and isolated urban spaces". http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=157 review by Mark McLaren

"Hades by Marc Behrens and Paulo Raposo" (review) In Hades Marc Behrens and Paulo Raposo take us on a seafaring journey to the imaginary underworld, witnessing an old sunken boat being wrenched from its watery grave gave them the idea to create a sonic journey towards the shadowy depths. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=154 review by Mark McLaren

"noTnoTesnoTrhyThms by Henry Gwiazda" (review) In the world of audio technology, 3D sound is often used as a selling point for all manner of weird and wonderful technologies. To Henry Gwiazda, however, the promise of "virtual audio" and placing sound in three-dimension space offers a world of possibilities. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=159 review by Alex Young

"Sprawl London - Featuring Robert Hampson and Simon Longo" (review) Sprawl - London Sunday 15th December Featuring Robert Hampson and Simon Longo. Despite the bleak wet Sunday night and collective end of year lethagy, the snug environs of London's Charterhouse Bar seemed the perfect setting to warm the cockles with the sonic perambulations of Simon Longo and Robert Hampson. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=155 review by Roger Mills

"The IfIf - Ollo" (review) Described as Sydney's own 'Fun Boy 2' Alex Crowfoot and Lars Chresta aka Ollo have created a electro downbeat tour de force in their new album The IfIf. Released through Groovescooter in Australia and 12 Apostles in Europe & the USA, this sparkling array of tracks veers between electro pop, break beat dub & sonic art. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=149 review by Roger Mills

"We All Fall Down - Off The Sky & The Circular Ruins" (review) Any collaboration between Jason Corder (Off The Sky: samples and loops) and Anthony Paul Kerby (The Circular Ruins: synths, treatments, samples) should prove interesting, at the least. Mixing Corder's quasi-whimsical idiosyncratic pops, clicks, glitch and beats with Kerby's darker textural ambient landscapes yields many things, but boring is certainly not on the radar. http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=156 review by Bill Binkelman