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ocp - stepping stone
Release StoreTags: ambient, experimental, noise, dub
Author: ocp on May 21 2008
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«Three/four releases a year is the average production coming out of Joćo Ricardo's lab, making him a very busy artist and producer. Even with such a rate of releases, quality is not an issue, as Joćo - aka Operador de Cabine Polivalente (OCP for short) does always really interesting works.
'Stepping Stone' is one more of those works. Again, Joćo takes the 'single piece' approach for added immersive experience. The piece shapeshifts through its thirty-two minutes and a half course, filled with highly textured sound palletes. A focused listener will find at least three distinct 'movements' in this piece, or better yet, three core ones with an additional smaller interlude-ish one. The second main movement is an organic symphony made from string notes colliding and overlapping themselves into repetitive loops. The final and last movement - and my favorite - starts with a dub ambient approach to a sci-fi drama; dense and heavy and glitchy, and rapidly turns into a full glitch/field recording/improv. long finale, with warm, rubbed-out edges of awesomely (is that a word?) well made ambient.
Someone once wrote in a review that there's never a dull or boring moment in Joćo Ricardo's works, and that never was so absolutely and undeniably true as it is now.» - Pedro Leitćo | |
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05/23/08
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nicknotis
This piece demonstrates super interesting sound design, as always ocp.
05/23/08
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nicknotis
I'm surprised that this piece hasn't resonated with more people. Regardless, I'm very much looking forward to hearing your releases in non lossy CD format!
05/25/08
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ocp
here's a nice review it got: link
05/25/08
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fora
Late to comment on this as I've been distracted of late.
I really enjoy the evolution of this piece Joćo, the textures are as entertaining as the placement of sounds. The pace is strong but not forceful.
This subtly reminds me of John Wall and Ikue Mori.
Thanks for the up!
05/26/08
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ocp
I don't know about John Wall (will have to look it up) but I do hear Mori's "Garden" from time to time. Thanks for commenting fora ;)
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