Jacaszek

Add Date: December 6 

Artist: Jacaszek 

Album: Glimmer 

Label: Ghostly International 

Genre: Electronica, experimental 

Comments: From the promoter: "Polish composer Michal Jacaszek's first LP for Ghostly International, Glimmer, sees the artist expertly assimilating both classical and electronic genres into one distinct sound. He picks and chooses from the world of baroque instrumentation (clarinets, harpsichords, classical guitar) just as freely as he samples from the world of experimentation (playback, bit-crunching, wind gusts and tape reversal). Jacaszek exploits the tension between classical and electronic as he allows the two schools of music to push and pull for dominion of the album. The songs crackle and hiss with orchestral dread--like a Hitchcock soundtrack played at half-speed on a cart ride to Nosferatu's castle. Imagine that. Check out tracks #1, 4, 7, 8."