Statics

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: December 07, 1999
• Total Time: 74:09
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Electronica

Review

Statics gathers is an excellent sampling of 1995 creations by a variety of modern electronic composers from around the world, including Ryoji Ikeda (who compiled this release), Paul Schütze, Jim O'Rourke, Akira Yamamichi, David Toop, and more. A few of the selections utilize sine waves, which are especially prevalent in Yamamachi's "Phenomenized Soundscapes." A gentler beauty infuses some of the standout compositions, such as O'Rourke's warm, space track, "Sinking Lights in Lambeth," the short version of Alan Lamb's "Beauty," David Toop's heavily panned, yet light "Iron Perm," and the stellar, calm achievement of "Rain," by Andrew Lagowski and Toru Yamanaka. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Soft Ash		Darrin Verhagen	(5:53)
Phenomenized Soundscapes		Akira Yamamichi	(6:16)
[Untitled]			(4:01)
Sinking Lights in Lambeth		Jim O'Rourke	(8:32)
Le Banquet Celeste			(6:53)
Beauty [Short Version]		Alan Lamb	(10:56)
Undirections/Stationary		Christophe Charles	(8:03)
Sleep N		Paul Schütze	(9:01)
Iron Perm		David Toop	(7:47)
Rain		Andrew Lagowski	(6:47)

Credits

Jim O'Rourke (Performer), Darrin Verhagen (Performer), Ryoji Ikeda (Compilation), Darrin Verhagen (Composer), Ryoji Ikeda (Performer), Jim O'Rourke (Multi Instruments), David Toop (Performer), Akira Yamamichi (Performer), Paul Schütze (Performer), Christophe Charles (Performer), Jim O'Rourke (Composer), Ryoji Ikeda (Composer), Alan Lamb (Performer)