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Vitoru

by Makunouchi Bento

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1.
Rhybot 02:11
Today. Above. Beauty. Believe. Candy. Child. Circuit. Cities. Journey. Language. Life. Machine. Pleasure. Printer. Quiet. Rhythm. Right. Search. Source. Tomorrow. Touch. Wonder. Word problems. You are correct. That is correct. Right. Ready. Rhythm. (x51) Enough.
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Jeskovabot 00:59
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Cariul D 08:41
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Jazbot 02:20
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One, 2004 [One13] - MP3
Începem, 2004 [Începem #3: Viitor / Future] - 3" CD-R
Retinascan, 2005 [RE333] - 3" CD-R / MP3

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This experimental EP was made for the Romanian `zine Începem, issue 3 (September) with Future set as the theme. Makunouchi Bento (or MaBento for short) developed it following the speculation that digital music technology is increasingly moving forwards with their attempts at recreating analog warmth and real world modeling (instruments, ambience/room, the recreation of previous mediums, etcs).
This paradox is approached in a variety of ways here; sometimes through atmosphere, others through tube emulation and so on. Even with this concept in mind the emotive influence on the artist remains and Vitoru posseses the ability to place a listener in a familiar state of being in an unfamiliar surrounding (aside from the humorous and rhythmic opening of "Rhybot").

archive.org/details/one013

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Acest EP nu este si nici nu se vrea altceva decat un experiment. Am pornit de la speculatia ca partea audio a existentei noastre va suna tot mai digital si generativ ca si concept (o interpolare a tuturor genurilor muzicale actuale) dar tot mai uman si "cald" (analog / tubes) ca si sound - dat fiind faptul ca softurile (digitalul) incearca paradoxal sa emuleze soundul analog. Partea noisy si digitala se imbina cu instrumente "aproape" reale si totul suna "uman" desi cu radacini digitale nu general evidente. Toate trackurile sunt special produse pentru "Incepem 3" si CD-ul (EP-ul) a fost facut in editie limitata si unica de 15 bucati.

www.2020.ro/fanzine/future.htm



--ͫ̔͂̐̅-̗͙̦̯̙͈̻̐ͫ͋͂͌͌̌--̻̱̦̯̈̃ͭͫ-̪ͥ-̱̗̼͔--ͫͧ̇ͨͯ-͇́-̥-̰̻̰͚̃͗͛̂̌̃ͅͅ-̞-̣͛-͓͕̦͙͒̀̓̂-̼͇ͤ́-̦̪̘̮̝͚̄͌͌̆̑ͪ-̻̟͚͎͙̈ͣ̔́̚-̆̊-͌̿ͤͤͥ̊̚-͓̮̤̥͖--̲̟͙̞͕͙-͓̤͙̫͒͑̈́ͪ-̈́̽ͮ̾̐ͦ-̗̥̼̣͖̳-ͬͨ̎̉--̪̗̙̙̜̮̓͐ͥ͒̐ͦ̋ͅ-̭̘̈́̍-̘ͦ-͑-̳̱̓̿-͚̈́̚ͅ-̤͓̯ͅ--̩͉̠̟̯̘-̟̹͓̥̠͎̘̾͑͐͛̃͐ͮ--͖̙̀͆̚ͅ-̪͕̒ͭ-ͅ----̯͇̟̙ͯ͛̈́͆-͕͔͕̬͔̙ͅ-̥̦͉̓́̇-̾ͦ-̦̼̱̞̘̬̆̆͂ͨͦͬ-̖̻̟̯̮̫̘̎͌ͪ̆ͮ̒̊-͑ͥͭ̓ͦ-̩̯͙ͣͪ̓-͖̯̣̹-̻̠̼͕̻̬̥ͬ̈́͐ͣͬͦ̅--̦̳-̜͉͚̺͇̠̥-̥̗͈̮͚̝-̫̞-͈̭̤͓ͨ͆ͫ͒̋ͅ-͙͖͚̥̻̘̩͛͒ͮͧ͛͒̎-̪̖͕̣̻ͥ̊͊́̀---̩͍̹͌̋̈́--̈́ͨ̏ͭ̽̚̚-͇̳̜̒̔̈́-̬̰̙̠--̰̭͈͖̹͈ͩ̿̽̀͂̐-ͧ-̩͊--̱̙̹͔͑̑ͦ̋-̬̫̳-̬͌--̫̥̦̗͎̦̄͐̀̍̓̇--͖-͍̭̫͕̬̽ͬ̋̒͌-̱̠̼-͖͓̅̅-͎̜̺̊ͦ͐-͙̻͕̼̬̜ͧ͂ͧ͛̓ͤ-̻̮̅ͯ-̑ͪ͆-ͧ͋͒-


"Vitoru, la 13 ème sortie du netlabel One donne la parole à l’artiste roumain Makunouchi Bento. Ce dernier déjà remarqué grâce à ses sorties sur divers netlabels, nous livre ici 5 titres hétérogènes dont le point commun est d’avoir été conçus pour le zine Începem.
2 titres tirent cet ep vers le haut, constituant la colonne vertébrale d’une oeuvre ou se mèlent serénité et fagilité.
"Cariul D", titre fleuve qui devrait faire se pamer les amateurs de Christian Fennez de même que "Voiaj in Vitoru" dont la structure modulaire oscillant entre électroacoustique feutrée et Ennio Morricone sous exta ne devrait pas rencontrer de difficulté avec un auditoire en quête de questionnement plastique. Le reste s’écoute sans mauvaise surprise mais ressemble plus à des extraits de live act qu’à de réelles compositions."
Iso Brown at Signal Zero

"This is harder... more dissonant but still worthwhile. Beautiful soundscapes juxtaposed against "speak and spell" samples... melody jostling against found sounds and stereophonic nonsense. Very Aphex Twin albeit more downbeat. [...] Nice."
Headphonaught at Headphonaught's Nanolog


-̖͑-̑̋͂--̝̤͉̘̜͚-͕̩̤͓̹̼̝ͯ̑͐̉͛̔ͭ-̲͖̗̣͙͎ͦ͑͗̉̔̒-͚͔̩͐̊ͤ̚ͅ-͖̫͔-̥͉͎͎̫̝ͮ̇̓̆̂ͧ-̱̲̙͓͊̐ͣͫ----͚̦̤̙͎̑̀̒ͬ̋͆ͅ--̙͔̲̗̮̰ͤͤ́̅̆ͥ--͈̥̻̬̹̀̎̽̎ͨ-̬̗͍̼ͯ͛̽̒-̠̤̒ͬ--̳̫̒̒-͐-̪̹̪͆̒͂-̗̉-͈̄--͔̮̦͚̀̅̂͑ͦͮͅͅ-̥̺̫ͯ̓̚-ͣ͒͂̽̔-̺̘͙̌͒̊̾ͅ-̹͔̝̗̙̱--̳̯̻̬̦͕̯̆̐ͦͣ̌̈̊-̖͔̦͎̭̰̓̂̅͆̂̿-͇̫̏͒-̞͉̻̳̗̺-̃̏̈́́͒ͯ͋--̩̲͓̮̳͌ͬ̇ͤ̚--́-̰̱-̥̜̲̦̥̺----̭̙͇͓ͦ͊ͤ͐ͧͅ-͍͎̙͚͖̜̺͂͛̋ͪ͋͒ͮ-̰͍̩͕̣̤̝ͧ̍̎̄̊͌̒-ͭͭ̄-̤-̈́̇̚--̭͖ͯ̓-̘̭̠͉̫-̿ͤ̽̊̂-͚̬̫͚͑͋ͩ̽-͉-̻͍͚ͅ--̠̝̞̟̾ͣ͛̚--̭̯ͮ͛-͔͌-̻-̰̏-͈̼̙̯̞̀̃̇ͥ̑-̩͎̫̖̖ͩͥ̑͑ͫ-͇̬̺͕̤͑̈́͌͋̓-̩̱̻͖͑̀̓ͭ-͖̠̠̉̃̿-͇̰̲͔̫͎ͅ-͈̼͖̳̠̼̔͛̅͛̎̂-̲͖̗̪̬̬̤ͨ̂̔̎͑ͣ̚-̄̇-̦̹͎̝̲̺͎-͋̄ͧ-͇̣̲̼̞ͯ̉̈̓ͫ-ͪ-̦̠͚̤̘̲͔ͨ̔̀ͤ͌̓̚-̱-͈̬̹̎͒̚--͕̰-͌̊̈͗ͨͭͨ-͇͖̦̈̓͆-̙̝̹̪̯͉̟̓̾͋̔̀͊̚-͓̜̓͆-͛̀ͪͨ-̹̟

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released September 1, 2004

All tracks written, produced, mixed and mastered by Felix Petrescu and Valentin Toma (Makunouchi Bento)
Track 05 spoken word by Felix Petrescu (Makunouchi Bento)

One / Retinascan / Bandcamp artwork by Felix Petrescu (Makunouchi Bento)
Începem artwork by Lucian Marin aka BFX
www.lucianmarin.ro

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Makunouchi Bento Timișoara, Romania

The Makunouchi Bento, or traditional Japanese lunchbox, is a highly lacquered wooden box divided into quadrants, each of which contains different delicacies. It is also one of the most familiar images of Japan's domestic environment. Reading the box as both an object and a metaphor, Felix Petrescu and Valentin Toma founded this cinematic / experimental / electroacoustic project back in late 2000. ... more

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