Scrypt

Lithops | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thrill Jockey
• ASIN: B0000BWVNJ
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #664,184 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Generator

2. Self-Stencil

3. Thrash Application

4. Graind

5. t O

6. Play Through

7. Attached

8. Insections

9. Folio Final

10. Shift in Structure

11. Arcart

Editorial Reviews

You probably know Jan St. Werner as one-half of Mouse on Mars (with Andi Toma) and one-half of Microstoria (with Markus Popp of Oval). If you're a hardcore fan, you might even know him as one-half of Dü (with FX Randomiz), or through his production work (he paired with Toma to produce tracks on Stereolab's Dots and Loops, and also Kraftwerk drummer Wolfgang Flur's solo album as Yamo), or maybe one of his many cameos (Pluramon, just for starters). Sometimes, though, a guy wants to be alone. On top of all these projects, St. Werner records solo as Lithops. This is the first Lithops full-length to feel truly like a considered album, yet conversely it's also the most challenging listen. Perhaps in collaboration St. Werner is forced to triangulate and find more accessible solutions to sound problems. Scrypt is St. Werner uncut, experimenting on the edge of his own imagination. Something interesting bubbles up more often than not. - Mark Richardson, September 2, 2003 for Pitchfork 1.Generator (05:01) 2. Self-Stencil (03:25) 3. Thrash Application (03:11) 4.Graind (05:51) 5. T O (03:12) 6.Play Through (07:25) 7. Attached (02:54) 8.Insections (04:22) 9. Folio Final (06:43) 10.Shift in Structure (02:12) 11. Arcart (04:46) Total playing time: 49:08

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Noise Art, June 16, 2005

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C. Johnston (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scrypt (Audio CD)

For noise enthusiasts or experimental music seakers, this is album is a holy grail. Scrypt is a beautiful display of electronic anarchy. Lithops (aka Jan St. Werner) has constructed a great compilation of totally botched synths and ruined samples with amp feedback and metalic screaching to produce a wonderous cacophony. Beats and rhythms are nearly completely occluded by a wall of sound effect. Its perfect for drowning your mind in. This album bears only a little resemblance to Jan's other suits -Mouse On Mars and Microstoria.

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad, October 25, 2004

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Kenneth M. Goodman (Cleveland, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scrypt (Audio CD)

Love of "Mouse on Mars" may tempt you to buy this...
My advice? Don't. It sucks. It's pointless---just
stray percussive elements that go absolutely nowhere
except to annoy the listener waiting in vain for some creative spark.
If you desire excellent other-wordly percussive electronica,
explore the genius CDS of the Autechre, but leave this
piece of crap CD alone. It's really bad. The only reason
I gave it two stars instead of one is that there are no
vocals and I appreciate that, but otherwise this CD should
be hurled directly into an incinerator. It's b-a-d bad.