... Boomkat.com ...
... OLARI ...
... 6 October 2005 ...
... Martin Wigger’s second album departs significantly from the predominantly ambient and soundscape leanings of “I-XIV” released back in 2002. Martin’s preoccupation here is with beat constructions, as intricate as some of his label mates but sacrificing none of the flow and rhythmic coercion for which the label is gathering a plethora of advocates. Each track is named after a disassembled piece of the word Solarium – and what we glimpse here is a related set of pieces, readily involved with serious basslines and chattering, implosive beat constructions. The format is unabashed and electronic, ‘Olar’ subscribing to some of the best tenets of the much maligned idm genre, ‘Ulr’ is brave enough to takes the beat squarely into holy territory, looking to revive the adrenlaine rush on hearing Autechre’s seldom surpassed ‘Tri Repetae’ for the first time. ‘Muir’ settles on a refined, subtle take on the Spezialmaterial sound, built specifically for rocking european underground venues to their very foundations. The sounds here are developed, considered, dark and light, more abstract perhaps than Solarium’s previous work, but nonetheless come heavily recommended.
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... warpmart ...
... OLARI ...
... 6 October 2005 ...
... Solaruim departs from his previous atmospheric ambience to get into dark beat based territory. The mood here is the kind of nocturnal electronic machinery of Autechres Tri-repetae album, recreating the same kind of robotic rush that album had. ...
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... gridface.com ...
... OLARI ...
... 6 October 2005 ...
... http://www.gridface.com/reviews/olari.html ...
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... dotshop.se ...
... OLARI ...
... 6 October 2005 ...
... Solarium follows up his infamous “I-XIV” which came packaged in a grainy 200 gramme wooden case, monographed in sunshower orange, each copy hand made by Solarium's lady, ultimately finding its way into many scholarly pages written on sleeve design as well as becoming a feature item in Creative Review. "Olari" finds Martin unveling another musical box of secrets – furthering Spezialmaterial’s preoccupation with dazzling packaging. And Swiss divine subaquatic electronics.