Label: Faitiche

凄まじい感性で埋め尽くされた激ヤバ・コラージュ・ミュージック!!2019年にここFaiticheよりDaniel MajerとのスプリットLPを出版、恐らく本作が初の個人名義作と思われるJonathan Scherkの1st LP。映画のワンシーンの切り抜き、交響曲、人間のスピーチ、ムード音楽等々、ユニークな音素材が目まぐるしく入り乱れる完全なコラージュミックスで、随所に見え隠れするコンクレート的な手法で独特の歪みを創出。どこかLAFMS系のJoseph Hammerを思わせる非常に優れた1枚です。







As his split album It’s counterpart (faitiche19, 2019) made abundantly clear, Jonathan Scherk is a master of his craft. Toon! immerses us in a highly distinctive world of plunderphonics-sampledelica-variations acousmatiques that’s impossible to classify while feeling familiar nonetheless. Following a strict two-minute format, thirteen complex sound constructions offer a range of experiences – as if the neurosciences had developed an acoustic formula capable of triggering illusions of memory. 13 tracks = 13 déjà-vus.

"When department stores dream . . . epiphanies appear in elliptical rotations. Afterthoughts recalled on the beach as a child, soft-drawn and befuddling. Are they dreams? Are they metempsychotic leakage? With cup so full-brim, there’s bound to be spillage. Toon! is sleeping on-your-feet, in the light. The pleasure must be more than belletristic, but what’s left to say? Perhaps the sun is simply too bright." (Samuel Dzierzawa/Jan Jelinek, 2021)