Ciciliani, Marko

81 Matters in Elemental Order

Label: Evil Rabbit Country: The Netherlands

81 short tracks performed on the no-input mixer without multitracking or processing, intended to be played in a random sequence.

"Only last week I said something about Marko Cicilliani, and that he seems to be one of the few 'no input mixers' would sounds different from Nakamura and this week I received a new work from him. And luckily I was right: it's still different from the 'others'. '81 Matters in elemental order' is not about elemental order, but all about disorder. Even when its hardly a new concept - the cd which you can play in any, random order (freundshaft, jos smolders and kapotte muziek did this more then a decade ago), it's still something that is fun (or get two copies and play on shuffle!). Cicilliani uses the chemical elements and has translated them into very short tracks, somewhere between thirty seconds and one minute. His playing technique has, as said, not changed. Hectic, nervous, not always the controller of feedback, quick moves and drone like sounds - they are all present here. Its of course an impossible task to say anything substantial about this, as such things as 'composition' doesn't count here. I can say that this is a nice toy to play with, or even one could try to actually compose with the 81 small elements a whole new composition - if only I had the time..."-Frans De Waard, Vital Weekly