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v.a. - I, Mute Hummings (A Collection Of Drone Music And Dulcet Atmospheres) Cat.#.: EXO001 Price: 15,00 € Order via email to info@exovo.org (
Press info: This collection of dense atmopsheres features a former member of Tangerine Dream and offers you the chance to listen to the world premiere of a long-lost thirty year old gem by an early synthesizer pioneer - as well as exclusive tracks by seven influential artists from the field of contemporary drone music. “I, Mute Hummings” combines the Zen-inspired timelessness of Keith Berry, the circulating guitarspots of Fear Falls Burning, Dronæment's welfare mix of vinyl crackling with mumbling ether, Troum's excursions into human dreamscapes and on the other side Column One's fluttering and sawing machinery. In between rest the well balanced works of Jeffrey Roden, Paul Bradley and Steve Jolliffe. Roden creates a whole aural landscape with his bass guitar alone. It's like walking through a drony barnyard. You can simply HEAR the fresh air. It all gets more and more closed with Paul Bradley's contribution. Like Berry's piece this one conjures up floating images - ceaseless waves of drones. Steve Jolliffe - who played on Tangerine Dream's 1978 output "Cyclone" - is an old stager of electronic music and here his wonderful flute-sketch sinks deeper and deeper into the hissing maelstrom of digital glitches. But manages to reach the saving shore where Richard Lainhart - a pioneer of Moog-music - closes this collection with an exclusive rework of his stunning "White Night". All featured titles are previously unreleased!
Reviews: “[...] Mostly steering clear of New Age slop [...], it’s rewarding for the variety of approaches it chowcases. [...] There are some fine digital landscapes [...], also some pleasant, if somewaht underwhelming instrumental work [...], very well executed. [...]” Keith Moliné, The Wire #277, p. 54. To read the full review (scan) click here. “We were first struck by the title. I, Mute Hummings. Very mysterious and provocative. Dark and abstract. But what really sealed the deal was the subtitle: "A Collection Of Drone Music And Dulcet Atmospheres" and the lineup: Keith Berry, Fear Falls Burning, Dronaement, Troum, Paul Bradley, Richard Lainhart and more. You had us at 'collection of drone music'... [...] So with that sort of high caliber collection of dronelords, we hardly need to tell you what a gorgeously dark, ominously rumbling, dreamily whirring selection of tracks this is, but what the heck, we will anyway. [...] And the rest of the record is just as beautiful, continuing on in a similar darkdronedoom fashion, even the folks we didn't recognize (Jeffrey Roden, Steve Jolliffe, Column One) offer up some gorgeous slabs of bleak black drone dreaminess, so much so that it had us immediately seeking out more material by all of them...” Aquarius Records. To read the full review: www.aquariusrecords.com “Der Titel dieser Compilation weist den (musikalischen) Weg, denn hier dominiert das Gedämpfte, Reduzierte. [...] “I, Mute Hummings” ist eine gelungene Compilation, die in ihrer Homogenität noch heterogen genug ist, um den Spannungsbogen durchgängig aufrecht zu erhalten.” Michael Göttert, Auf Abwegen #36, p. 36. To read the full review (scan) click here. “The label [...] presents a high-level "compilation of drone music & dulcet atmospheres" by nine lead players of the game, originally intended to be released on vinyl but now issued as a full-length CD with three late additions. It's one of the best gatherings of drone-manipulating artists that I've ever heard, and you know that my heart is not tender with this kind of stuff. [...]” Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes. To read the full review: www.touchingextremes.org “[...] One of the rationales for compilation disks like this is to expose listeners to new artists and new labels, and these two compilations have succeeded on both counts. It will be interesting to follow Ex Ovo for future releases. Their web site has links for all of the artists on both comps, which in turn have links to the artists' sites.” Caleb Deupree, Classical-Drone blog. To read the full review: classicaldrone.blogspot.com “[...] Nine tracks in almost 80 minutes is the result of their first output "I, mute hummings". These are indeed atmospheres, like for example in "The Crossing" by Keith Berry, as well as loop-based drones (Dronaement's "Phonorecord III"). Other gorgeous tracks on this album are from Column One who present a soundscape with minimal metal- scrapings and sounds which are literally on the edge of creating feedback-loops. The masters of drones, Troum (counting amongst them the owner of Drone Records), are present with "Thrausmata Enos Eneirou" which creates a dreamy atmosphere for almost a quarter of an hour. But this is not all there is, because there is more... So much more. Jeffrey Roden's "The Seeds Of Happyness" is a great piece solely made from sounds created with a bass guitar. Also, Steve Jolliffe, who has been a member of the legendary Tangerine Dream, plays flute which after recording was manipulated by label-owner Mirko Uhlig. The result received the name "One More Haggard Drowned Man (Redundant Minimal Development Mix By Mirko Uhlig)" and it must be said that even though it is not the easiest music to listen to, or to dream away to, the result is epic. [...]” Bauke van der Wal, Connexion Bizarre. To read the full review: www.connexionbizarre.net “[...] I, Mute Hummings is a quality compilation. Recommended to the lovers of drones or people who like to get familiar with the Ex Ovo label.” TekNoir, Gothtronic. To read the full review: www.gothtronic.com “[...] Ursprünglich als Vinyl geplant, aufgrund der Menge der eingegangenen Beiträge jedoch zur CD mutiert, bieten insgesamt 9 Beiträge einen 2006er Blick auf den obigen Themenstand. Und es fällt schwer, hier Highlights zu nennen, gerade bei dem vorliegenden, da es Mirko Uhlig gelungen ist, einen qualitativ sehr homogenen Sampler zu erstellen, ohne die Bereiche Gleichmacherei und Langeweile auch nur zu berühren. [...]” Hellmut Neidhardt, Unruhr. To read the full review: www.unruhr.de “[...] The subtitle of the compilation is 'A Collection Of Drone Music And Dulcet Atmospheres', and it brings together some of the more known players in the field (or perhaps even the true stars, such as Troum). [...] In terms of drone music a fine and steady release.” Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly #550. To read the full review: www.vitalweekly.net “[...] Eine schöne und fast schon entspannende CD, abwechslungsreich im gebotenen Rahmen, präsentiert mit Sinn und Respekt für die Geschichte der elektronischen Musik und für Darkambientfans durchaus empfehlenswert. Hallende Choräle oder ähnliche apokalyptische Bezüge wird man hier jedoch vergebens suchen.” Christoph Donarski, Ikonen Magazin. To read the full review: www.ikonen-magazin.de “[...] So gestaltet sich “I, Mute Hummings” zu einem echten Geheim-Tipp für Freunde gepflegter Ambient-Musik, sowie Noise-/Industrial-/ & Post-Rock-Anhänger.” Florian W., Medienkonverter. To read the full review: www.medienkonverter.de “[...] Eine hervorragende Compilation aus der Klangschmiede Ex Ovo Records, wenn dieser beschrittene Weg weiterhin strebsam gegangen wird, dürfen wir uns über ein weiteres Untergrundaushängeschild in Deutschland freuen. Dieses dargebotene Medium ist für die breite Masse nicht zu empfehlen, hingegen für Freaks ein Pflichtkauf.” Raphael Feldmann, Feindesland. To read the full review: www.feindesland.de
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