Date: 04/02/2013
01. Maggi Payne - White Night - Lovely Music, Ltd.
02. Streetwalker – Future Fusion - Citi Trax
03. Randy Yau – Incident D - Ground Fault Recordings
04. Leticia Castaneda – Pistol Hiss - self released
05. Mark Lord – Fuckman - self released
06. Trevor Wishart – Globalia - Integrated Circuit Records
07. Byetone – Opal - Raster Noton
08. Bryan Ferneyhough - Bone Alphabet - Stradivarius
09. Louis Andriessen – De Staat - Nonesuch
10. Terry Riley - Rainbow in Curved Air - Sony
11. Sarah Goldfarb – Crashed by Society - Treibstoff
12. Yutaka Makino - Index 3 - Strukto
13. Maja Ratkje - Acid - Rune Grammofon
14. Galina Ustvolskaya - Grand Duet For Violoncello And Piano - Megadisc
15. Ugandan Speed Trials – Ust 1 - DN
16. Scott Arford – Voic3s - Antifrost
17. John Chowning - Turenas - WERGO
18. Holly Herndon and Hieroglyphic Being – Untitled - unreleased
19. Afrikan Sciences – Two as 36 - Deepblak
20. Yutaka Makino – Index 4 - Strukto
21. Moevot – Ehepr Abgzvoryaerv – Chant
22. D’Éternité - II - self released
23. Teppo Hauta-aho – Kadenza - Simax
Its overall impression was arguably one of great potential, rather than an instant classic, but Holly Herndon’s Movement was undoubtably amongst 2012¢s most interesting, striking albums.
Released on RVNG Intl. – home of Maxmillion Dunbar, Julia Holter’s Exstasis and more -Movement was a disorientating combination of academic computer experiments and dancefloor sensuality, searching for the point where bodies and machines operate as one on the floor, and where planning and instinct find a perfect ratio in the studio. It didn’t sound like much else.
Her FACT mix feels like an expansion pack of sorts to Movement. Those who followed the FACT mix series last year will be reminded of Lee Gamble‘s December session – speaking loosely, this is a very weird techno mix – but we’re also reminded of Julia Holter‘s February session of field recordings: it’s a mix that’s clearly been put together with great thought, evolving and expanding the themes and feelings of Movement, but also feels complete enough to be treated as its own entity – honestly, it’s more like listening to a great 35-minute EP than a DJ mix.
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