Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks (Anne Sulikowski)
Using guitar, loops, synths and pedals Anne Sulikowski creates a unique sonic landscape. An illustrative textured dronescape is a driving force within her recordings. Melodic granular swirls are processed, reverberated, quietly twisted then modulated with love, all fueled by a vivid imagination, thought disorder and an addiction for wandering. Anne has been involved in many musical projects but began to focus on her solo work in 2003. As building castles out of matchsticks she has released 13 full length albums along with numerous tracks on artist run independent labels including illusion broadcast, paperplussound, god hates god records, assembly field music, trace recordings, chat blanc, soundinsilence, ping things, worthy records, 9.12 records. Her songs have been used in CSI Miami season 7 and 8, and in the Descending documentary series featured on the Ontario life network. As a photographer she drives around aimlessly and takes thousands of photos. She is quite bipolar with a camera, either taking photos of things abandoned, decayed and ruined or places barely visited, horizons pristine and untouched by man. She also makes films for her music and other recordings using ambient abstract storylines. Her videos have been shown at the queering sound festival in washington and at mutek electronic festival in montreal.
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Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt
Accidental guitar Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt
Track 5 written & recited by Heike Klar
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released October 2, 2017
"From the online publisher, Ton Doigt Dans Mon Cul Netlabel, we have an E.P. with two artists. Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks (Anne Sulikowski) from Canada and Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt of the USA with the rather intriguing title….Why Should I Give You The Cure, When I Can Always Give You The Treatment.
Swirling noise with reverb pulsate cosmically, like an epic space trip into the unknown. Why unknown? Because we, as the listener, are unsure of this journey and we are here for the ride and experience.
Like twinkling stars and beating quasars, this transfixed you though sound alone. It is imagination unbound and the composer might be the alien hand guiding us.
It is hard to imagine that Sulikowski can make many of these amazing sounds on a guitar but then “Differential Diagnosis” is a 13 minutes and 42 seconds piece of electronic beauty and the only number by Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks.
Someone is leading a crowd in unity in “Dreamers” and so starts Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt‘s contribution. Laid over the top is discordant piano and feedback, then it suddenly……stops.
“We Destroyed All the Mirrors and Glass Out of Fear That You Will Forget Us and Fall In Love With Yourself” could be the longest song title I have ever had to write and this is a low cacophony of sound, which when you listen you can hear drums and chanting within, like Tibetan monks and their throat music, within a storm, within a can.
Bells chime, clear and bright over a haze of noise. This is “Instant Karma” which is the segue way, even though it suddenly stops for the last piece, “Tod von Heike Klar”. Buddhist monks chant with german spoken word, not so much vying for attention but running in harmony with the chanting. You just accept the words and sutra rather trying to understand them or garner meaning.
These pieces take you on journeys to feel and hear whatever you take from them but ultimately, let it take you away to new realms.
Yes, this was released 2 years ago but then this is the whole point about music is the search for what gives you pleasure and bringing things to the broader attention.
All music on the Ton Doigt Dans Mon Cul Netlabel is for free download, so why not indulge your senses."
Adele Cinnamon – April 23, 2019 – Onyx Music Reviews
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