ENG : The reviews of the new albums by Clock DVA (EXT Vol.1) and LiTeZ (Tout vient de là) have been published in the June issue of Blow Up, the famous Italian music criticism magazine. The review is by Paolo Bertoni.
DE :Die Rezensionen der neuen Alben von Clock DVA (EXT Vol.1) und LiTeZ (Tout vient de là) wurden in der Juni-Ausgabe von Blow Up, dem berühmten italienischen Musikmagazin, veröffentlicht. Die Rezension ist von Paolo Bertoni.
FR: Les critiques des nouveaux albums de Clock DVA (EXT Vol.1) et de LiTeZ (Tout vient de là) ont été publiées dans le numéro de juin de Blow Up, le célèbre magazine italien de critique musicale. La critique est signée Paolo Bertoni.
ES: Las reseñas de los nuevos álbumes de Clock DVA (EXT Vol.1) y LiTeZ (Tout vient de là) se han publicado en el número de junio de Blow Up, la famosa revista italiana de crítica musical. La reseña es de Paolo Bertoni.
NL: De recensies van de nieuwe albums van Clock DVA (EXT Vol.1) en LiTeZ (Tout vient de là) zijn gepubliceerd in het juni-nummer van Blow Up, het beroemde Italiaanse muziekblad. De recensie is van Paolo Bertoni.
CLOCK DVA EXT VOLUME 1 :: Armcomm Rizosfera Europe 007
The new album “EXT Vol. 1” by Clock DVA promises to inaugurate a new chapter in the rekindled flame of Clock DVA, where ‘volume 1’ is to be understood as the first in a series of releases that will focus on the more experimental inclinations developed during the many years of substantial silence of Adi Newton’s main project. These sessions were recorded by Adi and TeZ in 2016 at the prestigious EMS studios in Stockholm, during a week of diligent work with modular synthesizers like the Buchla 200 and the Serge. The exclusively instrumental nature of “EXT Volume 1” can only seemingly be compared to works like “Digital Soundtracks” or “Post-Sign,” as, beyond its analog material, the improvisational component is quite different, related to psychic automatism and the non-demonized presence of elements of chance. The vibrations of the opening “Thinking Mirrors” elevate us into a sci-fi scenario as fascinating as it is full of unknowns, with pressing dynamics that then grow into rhythmic DVA classicisms, set in a spatial vortex in the subsequent “Pharmaceutics,” to fall into cosmic ecstasy with “Falling Star.” If the narrative “Second Window” traces sharply melodic, never aestheticizing lines, deep is the gloom, supported by metallic reflections and noise streaks, of “The Black Corridor,” while the relentless rhythms that merge DVA and Kraftwerk in “Time Whirlpools” and the imaginative dimension of the journey between celestial bodies evoked by “Meridians” are inexorable. [8.0] Paolo Bertoni
LiTeZ TOUT VIENT DE LA’ :: Rizosfera NUKFM 022
We stay within the realm of Clock DVA, recording, not without astonishment, a new project, LiTeZ, which involves the indefatigable TeZ paired with Li Alin, a Canadian multimedia artist, creator of a good album “All In” for the Asphodel label (2006) with the contribution of Naut Humon of Rhythm & Noise. The start of “Tout vient de là” is formidable with the circling electro of the gibsonian crypt of “Amnésie” that perfectly blends with the voice of Li Alin, warm, deep, naturally in an enchanting French, the beginning of a collection that, if it immediately doubles with the similar, seductive “Rapproche,” then sharply turns after the solid ground represented by the insinuating “Ode,” with captivating rhythms coming to the rescue in terms of immediacy, delving into darkness with “Immense,” wrapped in an ethereal 4AD mantle with psychedelic refractions, “Corps,” dark and crossed by Li Alin’s whispers and dotted with concrete fragments, the ballad “Catacombes,” where the voice becomes even more persuasive, then reveals itself as magical, almost bordering on the witchcraft, in the final “Transfert.” [7.7] Paolo Bertoni
