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Vienna's Radian continue with layers of electronics and instrumentation on their third release, Juxtaposition, out on Thrill Jockey Records. Radian recorded all of the electronic tracks in Vienna before bringing their set-up to Chicago to finish various tracking with the aid of John McEntire at Soma Studios, an influence at the deck that shines through on Juxtaposition. Delicate grooves reveal themselves on tracks like "Vertigo" and "Helix," stretching waves of bass tones, percussion and electronics that build on one another. Scratchy stretches of noise layered on top of the focused instrumentation of bass, guitar and drums create subtle melodies that lie underneath tracks like "Transistor" and "Tester." The influence of Tortoise is not to go unnoted here, but an influence that many may have been forgotten with Tortoise's debut -- longer, atmospheric tracks of tinny percussion on top of slow, drawn-out basslines and sprinkles of vibraphone that are definite highlights on Radian tracks "Ontario" and "Nord." Radian created a record that listeners have to let envelope them slowly -- and, if patient enough, Juxtaposition will reveal treasures from an aural dig that are a wonderful, satisfying surprise. ~ David Serra
Audio Mixer: John McEntire.
Recording information: SOMA Electronic Music Studios, Chicago, IL (2003-2004); Vienna, Austria (2003-2004).
Photographer: Pascal Petigant.
Radian: John Norman (bass guitar); Martin Brandlmayr, Stefan Németh (programming).
Personnel: Stefan Németh (guitar, synthesizer, computer); Martin Brandlmayr (vibraphone, drums, electronics, computer).
The Wire (p.62) - "Radian is a machine, their music the sum total of body hydraulics and fuzzy logic." Juxtaposition Music | List Price | $14.98 (You save $1.13) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Electronica, Miscellaneous, Post Rock, Dance | | Label | Thrill Jockey | | Orig Year | 2004 | | All Time Sales Rank |  87529  | | CD Universe Part number | 6759410 | | Catalog number | 70147 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 24, 2004 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Radian; Radian | | Engineer | Radian; John McEntire; John McEntire | | Personnel | Martin Brandlmayr - vibraphone, drums, electronics, computer
John Norman - bass guitar
Stefan NTmeth - guitar, synthesizer, computer
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Radian Juxtaposition Songs | 1. | Shift |
| 2. | Vertigo |
| 3. | Rapid Eye Movement |
| 4. | Transistor |
| 5. | Helix |
| 6. | Ontario |
| 7. | Tester |
| 8. | Tiefenscharfe |
| 9. | Nord |
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