| After seven years of releasing cutting-edge electronic music, B(if)tek have risen to become one of the most respected and internationally recognised electronic outfits in Australia. Now they are releasing their most accomplished album yet - a double CD entitled Frequencies Will Move Together.
The girls from B(if)tek - Kate Crawford and Nicole Skeltys - have done it all: they've released three albums, several EPs on vinyl and CD, provided soundtracks and sound design for Australian films such as The Bank (2001). They've toured extensively in Europe and the US, established the WINK Awards for electronic art, and composed sound installations for art galleries and the Australian National Museum.
Their new album, Frequencies Will Move Together is a delicately melodic and melancholic excursion, one which accomplishes a new musical reach. B(if)tek have combined their trademark catchy electro and atmospheric soundscapes into a new hybrid: electronic music with soul.
Frequencies swims from your speakers with a unique, deep and rich blend of Kraftwerkian off-centre, haunting
soundscapes and moody sub-bass love songs. It's a breathtaking journey, and it reaches new levels of sound: The album incorporates field recordings made in the low hertz frequency range as part of an Australia Council funded research project. Hidden wtthin their characteristic analogue hooks from retro synths and drum machines, you can detect cats purr, helicopters throb and trains rumble.
The album features a stunning bonus disc of collaborations with cutting-edge local and international artists including Architecture in Helsinki, Monolake and Scanner - twelve bands working with B(if)tek to remix the new album. It's more proof that electronic music in Australia has evolved to a new level - this is machine music with personality, taking you gently by the hand and leading you into strange waters. |
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