This is the essence, the space in which the music moves. Every track treats the space differently, but space is a steady companion. In a time in which basic channel dub plagiarism gets on ones nerves, Swimmingpool throw in a dub design that offers a completely new sound, with mumbling basses, strings, e-piano's, small breaks and a straight bass drum.
...are Michael Scheibenreiter and Stefan Schwander.
Michael Scheibenreiter is commonly known by his polished producer work and as part of the drum & bass duo Phoneheads, whereas Stefan Schwander is respected being an autodidactic maestro of sequential electronics with his one man techno/house projects Antonelli electr. (italic), Rythm_Maker (background), Repeat Orchestra (A Touch Of Class) and A Rocket In Dub (italic), as well as his work with modernist Jörg Burger as POP UP.
...are two artists that are deep into the area of electronic music.
One of them (Scheibenreiter) with his broken beats, opulent arrangements and sometimes big swinging tension areas. The other one (Antonelli) holding a 4/4 bass drum at hand creating aesthetic dance monsters and digital soul made only in Duesseldorf. Together they poured out the best of both worlds in one pool on a relatively short time basis. This is their pool, where they threw out most of the garbage first, because it being their swimming pool they would want to feel comfortable in it. It became clear very soon that Swimmingpool`s world is not exactly drum & bass and minimal techno/house. They live in their own worlds. By working together they bundled their strengths, capabilities and flaws, trying something new, but never losing sight of the uniqueness of the other one's work and respecting that.
For Swimmingpool the boundaries of the own pool are sacred. They are only overthrown if necessary. These boundaries define the space that allows them to move in any direction, but restricts them to appropriate slowness. To swim out to sea is left for others to try.
Anything, that doesn't move...
... is the title of the debut album of Swimmingpool. The dualism in the title is both poignant as it is well considered. For one thing because the album breathes the kind of peaceful quietness that must drive frantic minds up the wall. The music constantly excels limits, but never acts avant-gardistic. It holds a natural peace that reminds of the tai chi fights of both producers. Also, because a Swimmingpool track can really take off in this quietness at the same time: proud and unique! Swimmingpool know that it is practically impossible to sit in between chairs. That is why they build their own chair.
Swimmingpool - Sonntag, 19.01. im Liquid Radio (00-01)
Österreich |
18.1.2003 | 16:07
