delineation of perspective

thomas dimuzio

tracks

blackened prospects: remember now

part one: self-proclaimed contention (without variation)

part two: of vast and barren, rotting wastelands

displacement manifesto

denial of aquittal

window music: including, I thought I saw a monkey outside the window, at russell hedjuf's fucked-up circus, intrinsic air balloons, etc.

reviews

“Excellent building of electronic effects and shifts makes this a very beautiful work. Recommended.” — ND

“Extremely dense pieces that build to earshattering amounts of noise.” — Factsheet Five

“... Dimuzio's formulative work has a unique and fascinating character - devious, strange and haunting.” — Audion

ND

A very intriguing cassette from this Boston composer. Spirals and loops and at turns a very dense and ambient sound. Excellent building of electronic effects and shifts makes this a very beautiful work. Recommended. —Daniel Plunkett

Factsheet Five

Electronically altered music as part of the GU series of plainwrap releases. Dimuzio is interesting mainly for taking the human voice as another instrument; rather than lyrics, he mixes in vocal samples aloing with the clamour of the synthesizers. Extremely dense pieces that build to earshattering amounts of noise. —T/MG

Audion

Unlike Michael Chocholak's OWL MAN DREAMS, this Generations Unlimited release contains a more diverse and inventive collection of compositions and abstractions. Cyclic fragmentary and spacious moods are created on synths and other (often unrecognisable) instruments to create an unreal and oft frightening atmosphere. Although starting out like 'Chrome down in the sewer' (to quote Steve's apt description) Dimuzio's tape visits similar musical territory, albeit being more spacious and inventive. To describe such music accurately is hard, Dimuzio's formulative work has a unique and fascinating character - devious, strange and haunting. —Alan Freedman

File 13

'Window Music' shows off Dimuzio's imaginative use of sampling technology. A bicycle bell, breaking glass, car horn, and a plethora of other samples are used in a manner which makes musical sense — this is not just a bunch of cool sounds. 'Blackened Prospects' is a dense conglomerate of sound that pulsates in 58 ways, like some spastic heart that got left on the operating table. The other selections are not as striking, but provide some decent musical intergalactica.