Clicks & Cuts

Various Artists - Dance & DJ - Electronica | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 8, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 8, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Efa Imports
• ASIN: B000040JN0
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #277,337 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Kern - Frank Bretschneider

2. Circa 1509 - SND

3. Raute - Farben

4. Synkopoint - Vladislav Delay

5. Spass - Pole

6. Koilinen - Pansonic

7. Prototype N - Alva Noto

8. Shift - Skist

9. Confused Bear Thrown Into The Sea - Stilluppsteypa

10. Clairvoyance - Neina

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Maschine - Ester Brinkmann

2. Uberall - All

3. Strange Fruit - Dettinger

4. These Few Minutes - Auotpoieses

5. I Won't Lie - Jake Mandell

6. Loads Early Like Normal - Kit Clayton

7. [Esta Gran Humanidad Ha Dicho] Ya Basta! - Ultra-Red

8. Matrix - Reinhard Voigt

9. Rechannelled From Stereo - Thomas Meineckes' Framus Waikik

10. Sinecore - Panacea

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Minimal, July 7, 2000

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Michael Heumann (El Centro, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clicks & Cuts (Audio CD)

Minimalist music is music that is barely there--music that usually repeats simple, bare-bones rhythms and melodies until they have exhausted both the listener and the artist. This type of music is certainly popular among some, but I'm usually bored after the first few songs. However, Mille Plateaux's Clicks_+_Cuts offers a different, more interesting roadmap for this genre. Following the lead of Pole (aka Stefan Betke), the diverse artists that contribute to this 2 CD collection have managed to make minimal music that both retains the trademarks of the minimal school and offers new avenues for experimentation. In other words, this album retains the repetition of minimalism, but incorporates into this repetition new and unusual sounds, odd time signatures, and even some interesting song structures. If you have heard Pole's first album, then you'll have a sense of what to expect here--a plethora of (as the title suggests) clicks and cuts, static, looped samples, dub effects, a variety of programmed drum and synth patterns, and a whole host of other, interesting sounds. Dettinger's "Strange Fruit," for example, starts with clicks and flanged bubble synth sounds, which meld into a backwards rhythm (clicks now in the background) that slowly builds into a larger, forward-moving 303 rhythm. That rhythm expands and does weird things with rhythm manipulation and time signatures, then abruptly stops. This music is challenging, unusual, and original. It's great fun, too, which is something I usually don't say about minimalism.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars essential listening for contemporary electronic fans, February 22, 2000

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Matthew D. Mercer (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clicks & Cuts (Audio CD)

Mille Plateaux has done it again with this fantastic 2-disc collection of minimalist techno tracks. Don't expect this to put you on a dancefloor, though you may occasionally tap your feet. The usual Mille Plateaux suspects make an appearance (Curd Duca, snd, Noto, Panacea) alongside some up and coming names (Vladislav Delay, Frank Bretschneider, Kit Clayton) and some more established musicians (Pole, Pansonic, Stilluppsteypa, Kid 606, Mike Ink, as All). Coil coined the phrase "Worship the Glitch" but these artists took it to heart by putting together this collection of false starts, clicks, pops, errors and tweaks. The second disc goes even further outside conventional music boundaries by straying from metered sequencing and making extensive use of more "difficult" sounds and glitches. There are no real standout tracks here, and due to the nature of the music, despite it being a compilation it flows like an album. Thumbs up to Mille Plateaux for shining through again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good sampler of minimal electronic for those unfamiliar, October 1, 2004

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12at9 "forwardselection" (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Clicks & Cuts (Audio CD)

Often, music offerings by "various" artists can be a gamble, depending on the taste of whoever compiled the tracks. This release is an exception to the rule, a good place to discover what minimal glitch/dub, slightly experimental electronic music sounds like, and leading to possible future purchases by the listed artists. Thus saving money on needless purchases by unfamiliar artists. It also helps avoid the bane of much minimal music, the tedium that can occur from listening to too many overlong, similar tracks by one artist. The other "clicks and cuts" releases are also recommended for the same reasons.