Goh Lee Kwang — George Harrison Is Dead, CDr Basura Toska — Viva Las Mujeres Violentas, CDr Last Action — Negative Solutions, CS Last Action — Dream Sequence, CS Exacerbator / Last Action — Electrical Resistance, CS Last Action — Sheep Lover, CDr
ROCKER is a glossy print digest covering noise, harsh noise, ambient, musique concrète, electroacoustic, drone, tape music, wall noise, unclassifiable and conceptual work, computer music, field recording, indeterminate electronic, narrative, ecological, text-based, religious, song, acoustic ensemble, power electronics, sound design, and experimental.
On The Cover: Justin Lakes features: Extensive interview with Justin Lakes by Andrew Pigue, with a gallery of flyers and ephemera from his archive. An article years in the making on the history of German Shepherds, told by vocalist Mark Hutchinson. The debut of Claire Knows Ball, a new basketball column by Claire Rousay (seriously). 40 pages / Full color / Triple-gloss cover
Anticipate combines elements of electro-acoustics, ambient, slow motion techno and found house with traces of filtered influences ranging from jazz, post rock, classical, dub, musique concrete and minimalism. The emphasis is on using electronics to rework, reassemble and redevelop sound — whether it be instrumental or otherwise — from outside the computer, with the hope of finding the best balance of two worlds — creating something that has roots in our physical realm, but is abstracted in the digital one.
Klimek — Dedications Klimek — Dedications (Part 2) EP Klimek — Movies is Magic M. Templeton & aA Munson — Acre Loss Ezekiel Honig — An Antique of Paper & Distance
Microcosm produces variations on the theme of minimal techno. The aim is to find new ways of working within the constraints of that definition, and focusing on the form of the music as much as the function of the genre. Dance music that is not too concerned with being dance music.
Ezekiel Honig & Morgan Packard — Early Morning Migration (cd) Ezekiel Honig — Scattered Practices (cd)
Lukas Kannemann (kskefk) through minimalistic, multifaceted sonic explorations. His installative works and performances revolve around themes such as (non)spaces, (material) cycles, time(lessness), boredom, error, persistence, acceptance, interaction, and repetition. These elements become tools in his search for an intrinsic, trance-like state that carries both himself and the listener into a shared moment of sonic bliss.
sound explorations from the attempt to connect the insides of an abandoned japanese temple to the vast space there is through repetitive movements of a connector/medium in spirit. “der stein bleibt hier nicht liegen” was a first try of Lukas Kannemann expressing his thoughts in something soundless, and then adressing this soundless space with music. “hati-hati anjing” carries some parts of these rhythm rituals.