Label: esc.rec.

現在素晴らしい勢いのリリースが続いているMoving Furniture Recordsに諸作を残し、またプロデューサーとしても面白い活動を行なっているオランダのコンポーザーMartijn Comes、80年代よりMichel BanabilaやRoel Meelkopといった本国の重鎮勢と絡んできた即興ギタリストLukas Simonis、この2者が新たな聴覚世界を提示する為に制作した実験意欲作[Regering]。複数のヴィンテージシンセサイザーを主軸に使いコンセプチュアルなフィルムスコア、インプロヴィゼーション、ダークアンビエントを融合させた共同演奏を記録。漆黒の渦より沸々と音響が湧き出るイメージが非常にカッコ良く、またクールなリズムトラックに変容するサマもヤバい。







Limited edition CD in a 6-panel cardboard sleeve, with an impressive painting by visual artist Daniel Verkerk on the cover. When the predominantly black cover opens up, the painting is revealed in closer detail, splashing over all three inside panels in radiant colour.

With the album 'Regering' (dutch for ‘Government’) the duo Martijn Comes and Lukas Simonis release their first record together.

The title and track names are derived from the works of B. Traven (aka Ret Marut), which says something about the atmosphere of the work and the way it was constructed. Although there are signs of Traven’s criticism of capitalism, freed of blatant moralising, there is also a sense of nostalgia as far as the atmospheric side of the music is concerned. A longing for the days when social media and the lot were not involved in the struggles for justice and freedom.

Of course this is 'only music', and how can you criticise anything by just making sounds and suggesting an aural world that goes beyond that? That being said, listening to this ambient meets improv meets film-score album is its own reward, so it may be best to let the listener decide.

Martijn Comes comes from a film-score background while also moving in circles of experimental electronics, ambient and drones. Lukas Simonis is a seasoned improviser/sound artist with a post-punk edge.