Style: Ambient Experimental House
Marow - “+” (Klitorik)
Deep House, Unwashed | Sometime you stumble upon these releases which attract your attention only because you like the website, the artwork, the name of artist or the text which describes the music. In the case of Berlin backyard wrench Marow, the worn-out and atmospheric photos on his label’s website hooked me up initially.
A straight bassdrum is something that leaves me quizzical. Thus, after surfing the beautiful Klitorek website (Klitorek is some kind of loose Netlabel, run by Marow and Olaf Tonstein), I found myself a bit disappointed by Marow’s EP “+”. But everytime I saw the cover pic browsing through my MP3-folders, I listened to his music and finally got into it.
There is a certain 90’s feel about “+”. Marow combines the classic minimalist approach of Pole and Kraftwerk with a rather romantic idea of harmony and micro-tuning to be found at Turner or early Autechre. Deep in dub, Marow’s sound is special because he is clever enough to use the reverb with care. The frosted echo chambers which use to bore me so much are missing here. Check the hypnotic Ambient piece, the elegant Minimal House of “Und”, the harmony-blessed “Addition” or “Positiv” for its tricky rhythmic entanglements. Another Netaudio release with a similar ominous mood is Direwire & Freder’s “Sleeping near Highways“, and THIS is one of my all-time favourites.
MP3 Ambient Music Download
Release Site: Marow - “+”
Direct Download: Marow - “+” ZIP
Netlabel: www.klitorik.com
About the Author
This article was written on Monday, March 31, 2008 by Bettina Rhymes.
Bettina Rhymes is the journalist alter ego of Sven Swift. Swift runs the established CDr- and Netlabel 12rec.net and acts as a Netaudio DJ every now and then. Next to his job at Phlow Mag, he writes reviews about free music at RUBored.org. Read more articles written by Bettina Rhymes.
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1 mo. // Mar 31, 2008 at 9:51 am
“Addition” reminds me of Donnacha Costello. with his album “Together Is The New Alone” he produced a beautiful pure and digital ambient album.
and marlow reminds me of the clicks-and-cuts-sounds by snd. not bad.
2 Rich Net-Lab // Apr 7, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Addition is very pretty. Beautiful little bleeps like a child’s wristwatch providing a structure to some warm flowing ambience.
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