Konsul Gnadenwalze – Gnad en Walzae [autark aa15]
“Gnad en Walzae” is the soundtrack to Konsul Gnadenwalze’s very own universe – 6 tracks creating some dub-wise broken beat abstractions, beautiful and brutal, organic and mechanized at the same time. Each successive listen reveals new depths, pulling you further into the world of Konsul Gnadenwalze. A wired carousel ride with the ancient question of [...]
Washer – Clouds [autark aa14]
Clouds, the first new release by Washer aka Andreas Kurz (also part of Guy Bored) since his album “Trains And Attitudes”, finds him in a more abstract mood. The album is based on samples of acoustic instruments, found sounds and field recordings, all recorded by the artist himself. In a process of spontaneous re- composition [...]
Analogsat & Gommoral – Solitons EP [autark aa13]
Analogsat & Gommoral feature Autark‘s first video release. By complex algorithms the visuals melt into the music: While in „Solitons“ the volume amplitudes trigger the motions of preselected images, in „Spectrometer“ the waveforms of the single tracks are positioned in space. In „Spectroscope“ six separate audio tracks are analysed by a spectroscope, which results in [...]
John E. Flash – Der Usurpatorkomplex [autark aa12]
John E. Flash is back with his debut album. Unlike his former works on autark, in tracks like “Leaf” he introduces dubbier sounds this time. Yet, other tracks like “Der Usurpatorkomplex” stand out due to their cold, post clicks’n’cuts aesthetics. “Flora & Fauna” rises from a soundscape consisting of recordings made in Austrian forest while [...]
Various Artists – Playground [autark aa11]
The four tracks of the playground EP were generated during playground festival in Innsbruck Austria in September 2009. Byetone, Schlammpeitziger, Christian Stefaner-Schmid and Fritz Teufel met the challenge to explore the city of Innsbruck by means of field recording devices. The collected audio material was processed to pieces of music in public, i.e. in a [...]
Various Artists – 10 [autark aa10]
Autark’s tenth release is a showcase of the labels past work. Ten new tracks by all past artists (even if one renamed himself) and a single new one mesh synthetic and naturalistic sound in multiple styles from dubstep to noise, from idm to electronica, from lofi to hifi, from… 01 Krowley – Nocturne 02 Sunom [...]
