HEGENBART, BORIS [#/TAU] - First/Dew (The Hikuioto Selection) (LP)

Boris Hegenbart takes a dub-like approach to musique concr?te. Rich contrasts drawn between synthetic and recorded sounds allow texture and space to flourish in place of melody. First / Dew branches away from the very beginnings of Hegenbart's TAU series. It takes his debut album, Hikuioto (a self-published CD released in 1996), and re-imagines it on vinyl. "'Musicforcicadas' [is] an extended collage of Japanese singing and insects, folded and endlessly looped into a hypnotic Steve Reich/Oval-inspired minimalist glitch mantra." -The Answer is in the Beat Paul Simpson. Best New Reissue - Andrew Nosnitsky - The Wire, 2013 Rewind: Contributors' Archive Charts