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Stelladrine
Le Rire des Etoiles
- Rouille et Rosée [ mp3 excerpt ]
- Le Rire Des Étoiles [ full-length mp3 ]
- Principe D'Exclusion De Pauli
- Androïde Mon Amour [ mp3 excerpt ]
- 0.53 Anstrom [ mp3 excerpt ]
- Nuit Blanche
- Relation D' Incertitude D' Heinsenberg
- Lune
- Mangeur De Comètes
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Format: CD-R, cardboard A5 sleeve, limited to 100 copies
Release date: 2002
Price: 9 €
If the robot from "Forbidden Planet" could be forced into writing a records using his own voice and whatever he could find on a person's desk, you might have something similar to "Le Rire des Etoiles" (literally "The Laughter of the Stars"). Welding cut-up sounds from non-musical sources such as kitchen utensils, forks and bottles with the sort of electronic tones more reminiscent of mumbling droids than 21st century synths, this disc carries a feeling of nostalgia for the future, like a transmission from a lost satellite.
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Axesscode (by Dogme, August 12, 2002)
Je n’aurais pas imaginé que le France possédait un tel vivier de créateurs et d’activistes.
Mechanoise Labs fournit régulièrement des pièces d’un insert indéniable.
L’effort fait pour le packaging de ce disque est remarquable , et ce avec des moyens j’imagine limités. Superbe objet donc qui laisse présager un contenu des plus singuliers.
Stelladrine officie dans une indus expérimentale, où la recherche et la construction ( ou déstructuration c’est selon ) sont à l’honneur.
Ici point de démarche vis a vis du dancefloor ou des bourrinages en règle pour toucher les neo-charts underground dont certains se font un objectif. ( je n’ai rien dit , je n’étais pas là etc.....)
La politique du « rire des étoiles » est le stimuli d’intellect, l’expérimentation sonore mélangée à des ambiances d’églises désaffectées. Ce disque aurait pu entre la B.O. du jeu Silent Hill , ca donne une certaine image ...
L’approche est une peu old school , et les influences certainement pas loin de Test Dept and co. Ce qui ne vas pas déplaire a ceux qui se sentent lésés par la nouvelle famille indus à connotation insecticide.
Bref n’hésitez pas à visiter le site Mechanoise Labs ou à vous procurer ce disque. Nous sommes en plein dans le concret avec Stelladrine.
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Immanence (by David Dando-Moore, October 20, 2002)
As far as I’m aware, this is the second release from Stelladrine, the first, “Not from this Earth “, also being released on Mechanoise Labs. Having not heard ‘Not From This Earth’ I can’t really comment as to how this album compares, but this is once again a very high quality release from Mechanoise Labs, and the label owner Tirdad (of Seda E Marg amongst other projects).
Not as noisy as I expected, Stelladrine creates a sound which takes bits of samples and recreates them into often dissonant, but sometimes melodic passages. Reading the blurb at the site, the source material for these samples are of a predominantly organic origin (acoustic guitars, forks, bottles), heavily treated but still retaining the warmth and texture of the sounds. This is coupled with harsh electronic components, blips and noise, combining beautifully to create something of a large sound that is almost cinematic at times. This sense of the cinematic becomes heightened on tracks such as 'Principe d'Exclusion de Pauli', where comparitively gentle (what sounds like) strings form the basis for a track that is especially soundtrack like.
Although not as noisy as some other Mechanoise Labs releases (such as the full on noise of bETON bARRAGE, or the heavily saturated rhythms of Seda E Marg), this is still a relatively noisy album at times, particularly when things take a turn for the more rhythmic (as in 'Androïde mon Amour'). One of the great things about “Le Rire des Etoiles” is its ability to shift gears quite rapidly, sometimes taking a step back into almost ambient territories, which contrasts excellently with the more noisy material.
An excellent album, and once again unfortunately limited to 100 copies.
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Ortus Obscurum (by Ectonaut, February 16, 2003)
What is next on the good old dissection table are some experiments in Harsh Industrial music courtesy of Tirdad of Mechanoise Labs. With the aid of loads of heavy metallic noises, electronic turbulence and drones, he has assembled Le Rire Des Etoiles under the banner of Stelladrine. The music is somewhat low-resolution, not very ample but instead with more of a "in-your-face" approach to the sounds. For the most, no clear melodies are to be heard in the music, instead the interaction between the different hard noises and drones grants this music its identity, sometimes reminiscent of NON.
This albums has a quite high and sharp mastering which really works for magnifying the adrenalizing effect of the powerful rhythms. While tracks like Nuit Blanche are focused upon droning ambience, the most easily distinguished characteristic of this album is in fact the rhythmic aspects. Sometimes, Le Rire Des Etoiles is almost danceable which is rather unordinary for a Industrial Noise album of these turbulent and chaotic proportions. Otherwise, it is just delightfully stirring.
I think Tirdad has succeeded well in varying his music a lot within one particular genre. Hardly ever, a sound texture is re-used, yet throughout the album, it is very easy to identify all tracks as the work of the same composer.
My favourite track is the ultra-raw Androïde Mon Amour with its very aggressive rhythm and chaotic soundplay. The ultra-fast rhythms of this track has a very boosting effect. Another favourite of mine is the grim Relations d'incertitude d'Heisenberg with its somewhat hostile electronic sound. I think this album is worth a listen, too bad it is limited to just 100 copies. Don't bother looking for # 25, I think I'll hold on to mine.
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Prémonition (by Carole Jay, February 2003)
Derrière ce nom et ce titre poétiques se cachent quelques morceaux redoutables aux références puisées dans la physique quantique et les vieux films S.F. des années 50, "Forbidden Planet" en tête. Musicalement, Stelladrine développe des expériences sonores extrêmes qui voguent entre univers industriel et harsh noise pour aboutir à une musique deshumanisée mais non dénuée d’intérêt. Comme beaucoup de sorties du label DIY Mechanoise Labs, ce disque est fabriqué à partir de sons étranges, tels que des ustensiles de cuisine, qui lui donnent un côté un peu decalé, voire intemporel. Mais c’est aussi ce qui fait son originalité, et c’est tout à son honneur.
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