Bobvan - Water Dragon (1993)

A very dense and acoustically rich album of electronic listening music, at the same time abstract and narrative. Belgian composer Bobvan has travelled back in time to study the techniques developed by the exponents of Musique Concrète in the '50s. This 1993 album tries to bring answers to questions such as: why should the sound of hyperspace be repetitive / left-brain style / tempo-driven / quantized ? why should it ignore tension, danger, fear, sorrow, silence ?

In the early '80s, Bobvan (aka Bob Van Der Bob) was the leader of early Crammed band Des Airs, which also comprised a future Zap Mama (Fanchon Nuyens), the future 'discoverer' and producer of Taraf de Haidouks (Stephane Karo), and future improv diva Catherine Jauniaux. Des Airs only released a 5-track mini-album, which is currently unavailable, but should be digitally re-issued at some point in the future.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Bobvan - Ay Triste! (4:35)
1.02 - Bobvan - An Eyebrow And Curved Hair (6:14)
1.03 - Bobvan - Water Dragon (8:06)
1.04 - Bobvan - Branle Poitevin (6:12)
1.05 - Bobvan - Serendipity (2:53)
1.06 - Bobvan - Careful With That Fax/Eugene (6:05)
1.07 - Bobvan - Labbra Rosse (1:22)
1.08 - Bobvan - The Shrinking Of The Gigantic (6:22)
1.09 - Bobvan - Perky Pat's lament (3:34)
1.10 - Bobvan - Memory (4:25)