'raabenstein_esk' are abstract sound compositions and quirky, mutilated electronics melted in broken beat extravaganzas, spized with dark and extremely personal spoken poetry...
in other words...
pharoah sanders jaming with george duke, arranged by steve reich whilst john peel is frowningly construing the late night news into slippery nursery rhymes...
me raabenstein's upcoming 'raabenstein_esk' release for nonine recordings is one to keep an earmark on. offering nothing short of resonant frequencies and minimal dub highlights, me raabenstein creates sonic manifesto's full of colorful sound palette's. similar in nature to the aesthetic of ~scape recording artists, 'raabenstein_esk' manages to exude a harmonic sense of balance and experimental edge. the version of esk reviewed herein is not the finalized package, yet the overall production is chemically exuberant and outlines the progression of definitive minimal electronics for 2009.
pietro de sacco, igloomagazine, usa (on an early raw mixed prelisten version of the album)
having a filmmaker's and painter's background, me raabenstein investigates in overlapping structures and the lamination of inappropiate ingredients. constituted with impatience and intrusiveness the process of producing asks for constant conversion and unsung modus operandi.
the unconsciousness is often recalled as a perfect working method of artists from this genre, materialising and structuring voids to be freed and filled with advanced and cutting edged content. analysing different layers of proceeding structures, me guides his musical textures towards an adulteration of unaccustomed sonances, cluttering cacophanys and rhytmic paragon.