artist: MAHMOUD REFAT
title: Mort Aux Vaches
label: Staalplaat
country: Germany
format: CD
title: Mort Aux Vaches
label: Staalplaat
country: Germany
format: CD
"Mahmoud Refat is from Egypt, who previously released on Leerraum. He's not a player
of traditional instruments, but is a 'normal' (??) artist with sound installations, field
recordings - following a career in funk/acid jazz/experimental music. I must say I had
no expectations whatsoever. I can't say I'm disappointed. The whole notion that it
should be ethnic (inspired) is of course bull shit. It proofs that whatever we call
microsound (for the lack of any better term) is much more a global thing that we knew.
Refat plays laptop music, using sounds of whatever field nearby or far away, but he
adds low humming beats - think Ikeda or Noto but on a much more subdued level -
which work well as a creepy undercurrent for the music. The rhythmical notion he puts
on makes this perhaps more clicks 'n cuts (for the lack of any better term) than plain
subject matter. Meelkop meets Noto, Chartier meet Pan Sonic - if you catch my fantasy
subject matter. Meelkop meets Noto, Chartier meet Pan Sonic - if you catch my fantasy
running wild on the subject. For me an entirely new artist, but certainly someone to
watch for the future." (Frans de Waard - Vital Weekly)
of traditional instruments, but is a 'normal' (??) artist with sound installations, field
recordings - following a career in funk/acid jazz/experimental music. I must say I had
no expectations whatsoever. I can't say I'm disappointed. The whole notion that it
should be ethnic (inspired) is of course bull shit. It proofs that whatever we call
microsound (for the lack of any better term) is much more a global thing that we knew.
Refat plays laptop music, using sounds of whatever field nearby or far away, but he
adds low humming beats - think Ikeda or Noto but on a much more subdued level -
which work well as a creepy undercurrent for the music. The rhythmical notion he puts
on makes this perhaps more clicks 'n cuts (for the lack of any better term) than plain
subject matter. Meelkop meets Noto, Chartier meet Pan Sonic - if you catch my fantasy
subject matter. Meelkop meets Noto, Chartier meet Pan Sonic - if you catch my fantasy
running wild on the subject. For me an entirely new artist, but certainly someone to
watch for the future." (Frans de Waard - Vital Weekly)