Bit-Tuner : Low-Speed Detonation
Andrea Ferraris for Chain DLK Music Reviews
"Never heard anything about this guy before, but seeing it was on Trepok I had great expectations since the swiss label has had a hell of a good taste so far. Squared, hard-pounding rhythms with reminiscences of break beat and hip hop, an in "your face" electronic approach and some acid sounds and melodies to make the trip more enjoyable. Every sound is sharply shaped and compressed as much as it needs to reach the boombastic quality. A release like that could also be really close to some of the last years' artists on Mike Paradinas' label (sometimes it also reminded me of Kid Spatula). For what concerns arrangements don't think we're in front of one of those artists obsessed by hyper structures, Bit Tuner is much more absorbed in sound definition that's why the compression is always turgid like a pair of tits petrified by a wander bra. Rise your hands for the master of ceremony!!! Thumbs up!"
Jan Willelm Broek for Caleidoscoop
"Bit-Tuner produces a blood-curdling beautiful, sometimes terrifying atmosphere that seems to be directed by David Lynch. The title of the album has been rightly chosen, because he makes slow music whith a destroying strength. Overwhelming and stretching to the last second."
20minuten
"Bit-Tuner is the master of booming basswalls and sweeping noises. His beats are radical and though-minded."
St.Galler Tagblatt
"Der St. Galler Elektronik-Musiker Bit-Tuner, der in Zürich lebt und arbeitet, veröffentlichte letztes Jahr sein Debüt "Toxin" auf dem Hamburger
Umbruch Label. Nun erscheint bei der Zürcher Etikette "Trepok Records" der Nachfolger. Der Titel ist dabei Programm: "Low-Speed Detonation"
ist ein düsteres, mit Dubstep und Grime gewürztes Downbeat-Album. Über dessen schweren Beats und wummernden Bässen entwickeln sich
die Songs Stück für Stück zu spährischen Klanglandschaften, nur um im nächsten Moment die aufgebaute Spannung explosionsartig wieder
frei zu setzten und in sich zusammenzustürzen. Was beim ersten Hören als sperrige Kulisse aus elektronischen Klängen, Beats, Geräuschen,
Samples und Effekten erscheint, entpuppt sich bei mehrmaligem Hören als ein behutsam zusammengesetztes Kunstwerk, in dem jedes
Element den nötigen Raum bekommt."
Various Artists : Chronik I
Andrea Ferraris for Chain D.L.K.
"The fact is beside some steady tempo tracks, among the soft experimental sound and the post-ambient, IDM influences you’ve something that starts right where samplers like Warp’s glorious “Artificial Intelligence” left off, the comparison is addressed to those of you that are into indie-tronica, or to those who miss the soft touch of Warp electronic-ambient heyday. As you already know I’ve never been that much into samplers, but this an homogenous and relaxing listening, that’s exactly what you probably look for when approaching a various artist compilation like this."
Textura:
Eiko's “Floating Through a Black Hole” is a neat shape-shifter that starts out in brooding electro-pop mode with a female voice emoting over martial snare rhythms and ends with an injection of disco-tinged flavour. In Bit-Turner's dystopic electronica piece, “Devil's Dance,” sheets of squalling noise batter a bass-throbbing pulse funky of design, and in Aito Takeshi's “Stattler & Waldorf” crisp and forceful beatsmithing underlay billowing electronic atmospheres and crystalline melodies—too bad the track comes and goes so quickly. Portuguese electronic artist Vitor Joaquim (whose Flow was praised by The Wire as one of the best electronic records of 2006) fares best of all with “Sunset Boulevard,” a slowly blossoming and gyroscopic swirl of voices, machine whirrs, and synthetic sounds."
Jan Willelm Broek for Caleidoscoop:
The tracks are exceptional. They build a superb overview of the contemporary European elecronic music scene and it's divergence."
Geiger Magazine
"Obwohl die Digitalisierung in den Tod mehrerer Plattenfirmen im In-und Ausland geführt hat, gibt es auch Beispiele für diejenigen, die sich aus der Asche zu erheben scheinen. Dazu gehört das Schweizer Label Trepok Rec."
Eiko : I Feel Pregnant Today
Luzerner Zeitung
"I feel pregnant today" is a gem and outshines many hip electonic records. A fierce, unadorned musical work that rips sounds and language out of their contexts, but reaches into the most tender depths, as well. (Lucerne Newspaper)
Zwitschermaschine
"Hektische Knisterbeats, zerhäckselte Elektrosound und eine charismatische Stimme, die zwischen Verletzlichkeit und rabiater Wut oszilliert: Die Musik von Eiko verzückt und verstört."
Aito Takeshi - Overdeadends EP
La Opinión
"Ohhh Yeeaahh!" - it was the mental exclamation that I had while listening Overdeadends EP for days. One of the best electronic works that I have listened in my life. Without a doubt Aito Takeshi is of another planet. Very, very recommended."