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k. leimer | statistical truth

The title Statistical Truth was derived from a reading of One Human Minute by Stanislaw Lem. If it is vanity to count yourself as unique among the six billion living today, it is equally misleading to see the art and music we make – our minutes among the millions of hours of recorded works generated each year – as having much importance beyond the seemingly essential and personal duty of doing so. More so than usual, the main compositional technique here is one of letting quantity yield quality while encouraging the pieces to develop through self-deterministic processes.

Leimer, that neglected minimalist soundscaper (and now fellow e/i scribe), is back with another smartly-packaged record, and it’s a dandy, the sort of disc that begs the question as to why he isn’t one of the Nobel Laureates of ambient already. Statistical Truth inverts the fundamental role models of the last 25 years (Eno, and with Fripp, plus Hassell, Debussey, and Satie) and in so doing, recalibrates them to destigmafy the modern drone while repelling the new age. It’s a tight balance, but Leimer and his one-man arsenal of electronics pulls it off with the delicate touch of a glass-blower and sharp eye of a diamond jeweler. Yes, these preening, stately drones are practically opulent, as if radiating bright light from within that’s reflected back and then back again, the currents set into motion by brusque synthetic tradewinds. Truth be told, this is music that positively aches.

— Maxwell Oz, e/i Magazine

Statistical Truth

tracks: Dark form; Unusable spectrum; Interior; Four pages from an unfinished novel; Divided light; Statistical truth; Requiem fields; Distribution & status of small green birds; Anterior; Usable spectrum; Pale form

play: Anterior (edit)

purchase: CD$ 9.00; Flac download$ 5.00; MP3 download$ 5.00

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