MPC Tracks Vol. II
Released late 2013 by Nice Up Int'l
A1 Unreliable Narrator 3:16
A2 Promotional Copy 3:04
A3 Midas On The Flat Screen 3:42
A4 Modern Composition (For .wav And Immaterial
Subterfuge) 2:02
B1 Specious Narrative 2:51
B2 Impulse Response Algorithm 3:33
B3 Aleatoric ROI 1:35
B4 N.U. All-The-Way-Live At Kinda Cloudy February
2013 (Megamix) 2:50
B5 Maximum Utility (Many Ways To Read A Sign)
(Bonus Beats) 1:00
Digital bonus tracks:
1. Specious Narrative (Agencement Flørist) 4:52
2. Palomino Copy Rot (Best Available Technology
Mix) 7:12
3. Midas On The Flat Screen (AnD Midas Touch
Deconstruction) 6:24
Fun Fact: all pieces are comprised of samples from
dollar-bin house, techno and disco records.
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Konrad Jandavs has been operating his No UFO's
guise and Nice Up International imprint from 2010,
but has largely remained on the fringe since No UFO's
relatively "breakout" album Soft Coast. Originally
issued on cassette via NU in 2010 before being issued
on wax by Spectrum Spools the next year, Soft Coast
came out of nowhere as a tasteful reprise of Berlin-
stock Krautrock. Now four years later, Jandavs is
still plotting away at his two main projects, resurfacing
here with a bizarre little tape designed (as the tape's
insert suggests) "strictly for the heads" and to be used
"at the highest comfortable volume."
Broken down into nine tracks noted only by the
respective BPM (although, the digital edition comes with
actual song titles attributed to each track), Jandavs
deploys his MPC for an amorphous din of thoroughly
distant experiments involving vinyl, tape, and "FX."
Some pieces resemble a heaving crawl of near industrial
ambiance, as though playing back a field recording of a
stroll through abandoned factories or nuclear power
plants. Gurgles of nondescript activity appear out of
the shadows while passages of blank sound trail down
the dim corridor. On the eloquently titled "N.U.
All-The-Way-Live At Kinda Cloudy February 2013
(Megamix)", barely present buzzes and hums stand in
for overarching melody and elevated effects, making
this an exercise of bleakly kosmische minimalism. This
truly is "music for the heads," fitting in with atmospheric
enthusiasts Jacob Kirkegaard or Thomas Köner. Pick up
MPC Tracks Vol. II on cassette now via Nice Up directly
or digitally via Midheaven.