On Uncertainty, by Bourbonese Qualk

On Uncertainty

by Bourbonese Qualk

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1.	Modified 03:13
2.	Haja O Que Houver 03:13
3.	Temporale 03:38
4.	Empty String 01:50
5.	Gabardinak 02:58
6.	Sorte 00:19
7.	Drumcree Massacre 04:06
8.	Chega 03:15
9.	Dragging Us Down 05:15
10.	Mapiyal 05:59
11.	Impluse 03:58
12.	Untitled 00:47	info
13.	Untitled 02:24	info
14.	Untitled 03:39	info

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“FREQ” Magazine. Bourbonese Qualk – On Uncertainty

Veterans of experimental music make a homecoming of the here and now. Bourbonese Qualk, whose last release was in 1993, are back sounding new and fresh and completely present tense. It seems logical really, when one considers the futuristic-ness of experimental music, so that what BQ started in the 1980s would transfer into timeless sounds and current application. On Uncertainty plays like a collage, with each track disconnected from the others, but making a whole picture. For some reason, it puts me in mind of the old sci-fi animation Fantastic Planet. Track to track there is a depiction of differing moods and sentiments, with very little literalism and loads of ideas set in spiral for the individual listener to interpret. The disconnections do break up any chance of fluidity for the overall sound, but also seem necessary to leave a lot of room for the individual to create a cohesion in their own mind. Basically this is an electronic Ambient record. There are plenty of organic sounds as well, though, so as not to sound too computer generated. The ambience gives way often to a very groovy Funk flow with a lovely bit of rythym guitar which further alienates this music from being classed as just one kind of thing. There are vocals lent in by Isa Suarez, but they are so minimal as to be easily missed. There are many moments of peaceful orchestrastions, something dreamlike about all that spacey ebb and flow, and more than a few very noisy parts that just don’t go with the pretty parts, but then again they do. One gets the impression that Bourbonese Qualk are a set of muscicians and programmers who have skill running out their ears, have been trapped on a deserted island for the last seven years or so, and have suddenly found themselves back in the world of the programmable, and the playable. Let’s just hope they don’t do another disappearing act too soon.

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released January 5, 1993

Simon Crab
Miles Miles
Owen If

with:
Tom Stranger
Isa Suarez

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