Simple Pleasures, by Lipsis

Simple Pleasures

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Lipsis is the pseudonym of Matt Allcock a South East London based electronic artist working strictly in the digital domain. 'Simple Pleasures' is Allcock's third full length following two releases on Enpeg (n5MD) entitled 'Myths' (November 2006) and 'Community' (February 2008). I'm not all that familiar with Lipsis' work but from what I can gather from 'Simple Pleasures' Allcock concentrates on the abstract realm of electronica spitting forth random tones, digital squiggles and loosely cohesive rhythm tracks in a very studious manner. The construction of this music is incredibly well thought out. At first the music seems totally random but form and meaning occasionally rears it's head, assisting the listeners ears to adjust to the abstract nature of the music. Allcock's choice of sounds is probably the most interesting aspect of 'Simple Pleasures' with warm synth tones, fuzzy melodies, ambient drones and prickly beats dominating throughout but on repeat listen it's the warmth and space created in these compositions that leave a lasting impression. Bizarre yet beautiful sounding electronic music.

(Norman Records)

Next album comes from another British composer. London-based Matt Allcock has released two earlier albums under the project name Lipsis, this being the third shot and the first out on Minimal Resource Manipulation. The two first were recorded on En:Peg Digital, the mp3-exlusive sub-label to idm-label n5MD. Not such a big surprise as you listen to this album titled “Simple pleasures”. The nine intersections on this album point towards the IDM-scene thanks to complex rhythm textures moving underneath semi-melodic electronic sound drones. Sometimes the style reminds of early Warp-acts such as Autechre, however “Simple pleasures” certainly lives its very own life thanks to the clever works of Matt Allcock. His ability of controlling rhythmic complexity - at first listen the
structures seems random - is absolutely outstanding. Beautiful in a very complex manner.

(Vital Weekly)

When I put this CD into the computer, a little box appeared with the following words inside, “the songs on this CD could not be found online, would you still like to import it ?”

Obviously I clicked on the “yes” button, as any CD which contains music which hasn't been leaked all over the internet and put on Facebook and Myspace clearly has an air of individuality about it which from my point of vantage, is somewhat lacking in 99% of modern music. And this is certainly modern music.

I looked on the Minimal Resource Manipulation website and it talked about making music from “found sounds,” an idea I like very much and which immediately brought to mind the portrayal of Martin Hannett in the film about Factory Records. When we are first introduced to him, he's just walking about in the hills with the cans on his head, recording silence, just to see what it sounded like I presume. If Hannet was still alive today and took a trip to Tokyo to just walk around recording the noises he found there, this CD is probably what he would come back with.

There are certain elements of the Drukqs album here I think, the seemingly, at times, arbitrary construction of assorted whizz bangs which only coalesce into a discernible whole given a second or third listen. Sometimes the sound is rather heavier on the bangs than the whizzes, but it's in the quieter moments that the album really came to life for me, those songs wherein you get the feeling of eavesdropping on a series of intimate exchanges between two lovelorn computer hard drives.

Hypnotic stuff.

(Collective zine)

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released February 1, 2011

Matt Allcock - Electronics and programming
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