{"product_id":"ding","title":"Ding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDieter Moebius\u003c\/strong\u003e - one half of the legendary duo Cluster and the godfather of electronic krautrock - passed away in the summer of 2015. Bureau B reissue his final four solo albums. Following on from \u003cem\u003eBlotch\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNurton\u003c\/em\u003e reissued in 2016, \u003cem\u003eKram\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e now complete the quartet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLiner notes were penned by Moebius's friend, the U.S. composer, producer, and musician Tim Story. \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e was originally released in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Story\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e: \"If Dieter Moebius' previous album \u003cem\u003eKram\u003c\/em\u003e was an irreverent mélange of bright synthetic textures, 2011's \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e might be considered Moebi's industrial album. There is a cyclical, mechanical feel to many of the pieces here -- but this is light industry, not heavy machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSmall, discrete contraptions churn out curious objects as the listener strolls the factory floor, the combinations evolving as perspectives shift with each step taken. Moebi made extensive use of a relatively portable sample recorder\/looper during the creation of \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e, and the freedom to capture random bits of sound in the natural (or unnatural) world must have been inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese organic ambiences might have evoked a terrain that feels familiar, except of course that this is a Moebius album. Angular rhythms, disembodied voices, repeated loops of audio debris all combine to forge a facsimile of reality that is wonderfully peculiar. The earthy environments of \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e give it a remarkable depth of field, and Moebi masterfully allows a great deal of transparency in the mixes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe smallest of musical cues -- the alternating, faraway chords which float through '\u003cem\u003eBone\u003c\/em\u003e,' for example -- are sufficient to tie the seemingly disparate elements together into a satisfying, truly musical experience. The strands of natural, mechanical, and electronic sounds are so deftly juxtaposed that music never quite overwhelms noise, and the clamor is never allowed to stifle \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e's strange poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAltogether, \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e feels like something of a small revelation -- there's liberation in Moebi's willful escape from a sound palette confined solely to his synthesizers. If the notion of manipulated, overlapping field recordings sounds dry and abstract, \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e is anything but.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn places, the loping, syncopated pulses suggest the polyrhythms of African music, even funk -- but it's a state which never quite materializes because the rhythm loops are almost always trimmed slightly too long or too short, deliberately interrupting the 'groove' that otherwise could have taken hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo it's music you might conceivably dance to, if your legs aren't quite the same length. Mentally, it's much easier to dance with \u003cem\u003eDing\u003c\/em\u003e. Shot through with Moebi's humor and extraordinary imagination, its provocative choreography of music and noise remains one of his most seductive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471375733067,"sku":"1009644","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50471376126283,"sku":"1009645","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7e56e87c-6b98-4975-9fa4-fab0a40eee40_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727400517","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/ding","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}