"Sylt" builds on the duo Icarus' inquisitive approach to electronic music production acquired over 6 album releases spanning over a decade. Improvisations, understated melancholy, outbursts of joyous rhythmic lunacy and a developing sense of instrumental musique concrète are all part of this intriguing album.
'Sylt is a wonderful deep album that proves that experimental music can be accessible to a bigger audience. One of the most surprising new albums in 2007. Perfect! - Michael Muck/Cuemix Magazine.
'Icarus are one of the most underrated and overlooked electronic artists who are so perfect at their craft, it almost concerns me how they´ve gone virtually unnoticed. They deserve far more attention then they have ever gotten throughout their entire career, and it is my hope this album will prompt people to invest time into the strange, wonderful and confusing music progression that is Ollie Brown and Sam Britton´s music project, Icarus.' - Eric Common/The Silent Ballet.
'Imagine placing albums by Four Tet, Amon Tobin, Squarepusher, Murcof, Lutz Glandien, György Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis, SND and Philip Glass into your cd changer and then pressing play only to find them all playing at the same time.' - KS/Experimusic.com
'A playful masterpiece of hyperrhythmic avant beat freetronica' - audioculture.org
'Giver man sig tid til at opleve Icarus' til tider frenetiske og altid krævende musik, belønnes man med et givende album, som bør begejstre fans af Sun Ra såvel som Autechre.' - Jesper Buhl/Gaffa.
Original liner notes:
Written and produced by Sam Britton and Ollie Bown. The Inf(e)Rænces were recorded live at Les Abattoires, Toulouse, on 20th May 2006, the second one immediately following the first. The other tracks are all combinations of live and edited work. The field recordings at the end of Volks! are of Greek football supporters outside a gig that never took place, Bios, Athens, 2004. Concatenative synthesis courtesy of Diemo Schwarz. Thank you Oliver, Jens and everyone who has invited us to play over the past couple of years. Mastered by Will Worsley.
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