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Prhizzm
"Prhizzm EP"
Benbecula Records, 2005
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Track Listing
01 small comfort
02 minutiae
03 grasping the equinox
04 empty your mind
05 bending shadows toward the light
06 i miss you already
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minutiae
It is hard to bracket such original and musical electronic music, as
Prhizzm's direct influences (Mouse on Mars, Orb, Pink Floyd) only hint at
the overall musicality. What is unique, and executed in an expert
manner, is the writer's ability to build on a basic idea to the point where
there could be 3 or 4 tracks within the one. Start / Middle / End:
something that is sadly rare in today's library of electronica "stars".
Prhizzm redefines the attitude and approach to making electronic music and
is careful to introduce as much of the human touch as possible (regular use
of live instruments). These are SONGS, and it is perhaps telling that
the audio adventures of Floyd in his childhood still echo in his music today
via style and attention to detail.
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Selected Reviews
"Canadian producer Brendan Dellandrea is very much part of the new
generation of musicians who seek to maintain the high standards of
contemporary IDM ... Despite the relative saturation of IDM, Prhizzm
is a project that deserves to be tracked down and exposed to
devotees of the genre. For a debut release, Prhizzm is very
impressive; like all good releases, it improves with every listen."
Lost at Sea
"Being a music lover and critic comes with a price: people expect
you to have an immediate, well-formed opinion about any and all sounds
heard. While admittedly I often can't help but verbalize views and
round up the reference points, I'm happiest when music simply reaches
on in, allowing me to geek out like the fan that I am. Emerging
Toronto producer Brendan Dellandrea, a.k.a. Prhizzm (pronounced
"prism"), gave me exactly that experience a few months back when he
passed me a CD-R copy of his self-titled debut EP, being released next
week on Scotland's Benbecula label ..."
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Denise Benson, eye.net
"What's most interesting is how many permutations each of the
tracks undergoes within the actual track itself. Either Brendan gets
bored very quickly with a set sound, or he just want to please
everybody at the same time. The echo-effects are predominantly present
and the squelching samples are varied to an extreme point. If
Prhizzm's release doesn't wake you from your winter slumber, then
there very little hope indeed. Consider this atmospheric music for
those of us with short attention spans."
Gaz-eta
"It’s a fascinating, absorbing listen, and a soothing one at that
- tried and tested morning after material!"
Ben Hogwood, musicOMH
"... Prhizzm approaches [the ep] with such vim and accomplishment,
dragging electronica back from its noodling precipice and delivering
an absolutely blinding debut release. With Boards of Canada scheduled
for a 2005 return, they’ll have to produce something pretty stunning
to reclaim their throne from this actual-factual Canadian upstart."
Adam Park,
Speakers Push the Air
"Magpie-like, I am seduced by the shiny things or, as in the case
of electronic music, the highly textured things, and Prhizzm's work is
both shiny and textured. Built from granulated layers of synthetic
sounds and micro-movements of particles, The Prhizzm EP is a joyous
explosion of electronic ephemera that is both sagacious in its
construction and innocent in its expression."
Mark Teppo,
Igloo Mag
"Phrizzm ep is a stunning piece of debut music, one of the instant
classics that will be played for many a moon. Inspiring stuff."
Tesselate
"There are enough whirrs, bleeps, and clanks on this 26-minute set
from Toronto-based Prhizzm (pronounced “prism”) to satisfy the most
devout IDM fanatic, but what distinguishes Brendan Dellandrea's
six-track EP most is his attention to melody, specifically dark themes
that snake through swirling arrays peppering each song."
Ron Schepper, Textura
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