COH "NETMÖRK" souRce research recordings sR:com2CD 2001 (39:52)
NETMÖRK: a movement released in three partspart i. dark inside telephone wire? (12:02)
part ii. Love as Hate (15:05)
part iii. materialize: m=E/c^2 [for Giorgio Moroder and Khari Kelvin of Solaris] (7:19)
UNDERCOSM [for MIR] (5:26)
Further exploring theories behind the track of the same name on souRce research recordings 2000 compilation "Emre [Dark Matter]", "Netmörk" the disc expands the piece to a 34+ minute movement in three parts. COH ponders what might be hiding within the intricate infrastructure of the telephone network. What becomes of the digitally encoded emotional residue? Perhaps there's an accumulation of energy yet to reveal itself? Conceptually it's very intriguing right from the start. Part one asks the fundamental question is it "dark inside the telephone wire?" It might be but there's certainly a lot of life in the organized chaos of the system. COH's signature tone-drones and other laptop generated gestures seem to perfectly imitate electromagnetic energies. Part two, "Love as Hate" approximates the aftermath of a concluded conversation. At first the touch tones at the tail end of part one simply carry over then slowly morph into beautiful, elongated chimes. By the seventh minute a loping digital dirge sets in and later, near the end, the chimes return accompanied by a cute rhythmic march. The rumbling pulse of part three, "materialize: m=E/c^2" (dedicated to producer Giorgio Moroder and the Khari Kelvin character of "Solaris") gathers and dissipates energy as it ripples through time and space. Then, with an abrupt sputter, it suddenly ceases to be. The final track "Undercosm" fills out the near 40 minutes of the disc. Sound waves reminiscent of a lift-off and distant transmissions are befitting of the MIR space station to which it is dedicated. Up next from COH is a remastered reissue (with bonus tracks) of 2000's "Mask of Birth" LP on CD courtesy of Mego ...
Where did I get this CD? - Soleilmoon Recordings