a pair of lazy-day guitar pieces from mr. zuydervelt, in his inimitable style ...

This new single features a single track spread out over two side, a gorgeously minimal guitar workout that reminds us of another aQ fave, Part Timer, with it's sleep guitar figures, wreathed in digital glitch, bits of crackle and streaks of hiss, every now and then a thick distorted guitar surfaces, only to drift off again, leaving lots of space for that lonely guitar to drift through. Stuttery, skipping, sudden moments of near silence, but all peppered throughout a slowly unfurling expanse of warbly woozy fractured folk, soft and pretty, spacious and minimal, the glitchiness mostly adding texture, rarely interrupting the song's dreamy drift.

The final new release is a 7" on Ketchup Cavern, which is also limited available as a 3"CDR by Machinefabriek himself. Two, four minute pieces of music. Its nice to see Rutger doing something that is limited through time and making things a bit more songlike. It adds a nice freshness to his known sound palette, a bit more open than the more closed 'Rusland' (for example) and has a playful character. Guitars tinkle, a drone comes in, the guitar tinkles further. Maybe he should work on an album with more of these shorter pieces. Knowing Zuydervelt a bit, I'm sure its already made.