Formatt - Extended

Title: Extended
Artist: Formatt
Format: 3"CD
Year Released: 2005
Label: RoboRecords

This is probably the most minimalistic and perhaps calm release ever. Released on belgian label RoboRecords, Formatt's 3" offering spreads over five tracks, but they could very well easily be only 1 long track. Yes, it's true, most of it is silence, but the original sound manipulation are, to be honest, something i've never heard before in the experimental/noise scene. 'Guri' features many sounds, probably from nature or something, which keep fading in and out. There's a sort of soft percussion, I can't exactly place what it is. 'L'Hermé' leans more towards the industrial/electronic side of things, with an actual (electronic?) beat, but still, the sound experiments are on top. 'Voir' is where things start to get, as much as I hate to say it, redundant. The drum beat seems like your easy fruity-loops-made percussion beat, and the sounds on top don't change too much. 'Thyone' is the most interesting track of the bunch, simply for its undescribable atmosphere and sounds. 'Seltzer' ends off this 3" CD in a nice way, this track once again leaning towards a more electronic vibe. This isn't the type of release that's easy to describe with words. The listener does what he wants with the music, deciding on mood, atmopshere, etc. Open your ears and listen, and be taken away for a short (17 minutes) but effective trip. Also, i'll say it just for those who haven't realised it yet: this isn't really noise, more along the lines of experimental. Fascinating release.