Some downtempo recordings from Russia and Lithuania this week use a related set of images. They turn to northern forests and other welcoming forms of "immersion" in order to foster the trust that's lacking in urban life.
The electronic / idm projects under consideration here all admit to a long-term affection for the music and culture of the 1990s. That same nostalgia fashions a certain sound, not to mention a particular view of adult experience.
Some recent hip-hop and dub-techno releases show the ironic relationship of several young composers to their means of expression. No sooner is a statement made than it's mocked or manipulated - in order to show its inadequacy.
The Lithuanian label Cold Tear is based in a small industrial town, Mažeikiai. Much of Cold Tear's dub techno and ambient output is designed to look beyond local steel and concrete... to the older, quieter forests that designate Mažeikiai's limit.
Three fundamentally instrumental releases from Latvia, Belarus, and Russia all share some enduring doubts over the validity of language. In different ways, these projects gaze beyond the pages of a thesaurus - towards silence.
A Lithuanian compilation of ambient works has appeared in Vilnius, showing the importance of understated, "atmospheric" music for Baltic performers in an industrial context
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