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  <name>Intransitive Recordings</name>
  <shortname>Intransitive</shortname>
  <recording id="int_013" href="http://www.actuellecd.com/en/cat/int_013/">
    <artist>[va]</artist>
    <cover href="http://www.electrocd.com/res/couv.lrg/013_INT.gif" />
    <title>Variious</title>
    <catno>INT 013</catno>
    <year>2000</year>
    <format>
      <code>2xCD</code>
      <price>33.00 CA$</price>
      <availability></availability>
    </format>
    <description>A Who&#8217;s Who of extreme electronic avant-garde. &#8220;I commend this
    compilation to anyone as a fine example of what's good and exciting in today's electronic
    music.&#8221; &#8212;Signal to Noise "Intransitive Recordings has given us a souvenir of a
    non-existant wrap-party for the first series of recordings from this discriminating label.
    Variious also functions as the start of series two for the label. Exploring various avenues of
    improvisational and calculated sound textures, Intransitive has essentially been taking audio
    snapshots of movement. With this in mind, this 2xCD set is much like a photo album featuring
    some of the photographer's most favorite pictures. With all Intransitive releases, this disc is
    limited and I'm predicting it will be a much sought after item before long." -Jon Whitney,
    Brainwashed "With many (but not all) leaning toward the current state of pop/click glitchiness,
    21 Various Artists have given generously to Variious, a limited-to-1000 2CD compilation from
    Intransititive. Big names within the eclectic listening crowd mingle with lesser-known artists
    of similarly experimental soundesign tastes; the resulting complexities are sure to confound
    mainstream ears while delighting the hard-core explorer...Exploring sonic mutations in various
    modes yields a broad overview of just how far sound can be bent in very different directions. A
    top-notch gathering of experimentally-minded electronic composers/designers make Variious a
    worthy listen." David Opdyke, Ambientrance. "This is one to learn from, in that the
    possibilities of a diverse series of approaches is explored. a superior collection, deserving
    of my highest recommendation." -B.Wildered, Desiderata. "Check out Variious (yes, with a double
    "i," released by Intransitive) to hear minimalism conversing with other experimental
    tendencies... field recordings, feedback improvisations, turntable collages and general
    mad-scientist deviousness. This is some of the most exciting music being made; if nothing else,
    it'll have you hearing your drive to work tomorrow quite differently." -Lang Thompson, Creative
    Loafing.</description>
  </recording>
  <recording id="int_023" href="http://www.actuellecd.com/en/cat/int_023/">
    <artist>[va]</artist>
    <cover href="http://www.electrocd.com/res/couv.lrg/023_INT.gif" />
    <title>Twenty-three</title>
    <catno>INT 023</catno>
    <year>2004</year>
    <format>
      <code>2xCD</code>
      <price>33.00 CA$</price>
      <availability></availability>
    </format>
    <description>I love compilations. Always have, ever since I started listening to music. A
    compilation is like an extension of a mix-tape, similar to those that I used to make in high
    school for my friends. It&#8217;s a way of saying &#8220;Here is all the music that I&#8217;m
    excited about right now, collected in one place for you&#8221;. Of course, a record label is
    also an extension of this enthusiasm&#8230; I&#8217;ve been publishing electro-acoustic music
    for seven years now, and my excitement about it has only grown. I&#8217;m always hearing new
    stuff, or becoming charged about some artist&#8217;s development or new projects. A compilation
    is a fine way for me to take stock of what music I&#8217;m listening to and step back for a
    moment to gather the best of it in one place. In a perfect world (one in which I suddenly
    became a millionaire overnight), I would publish 50-CD boxsets by everyone on this album. For
    now, though, Intransitive Twenty-Three should provide plenty for a listener to chew on, and
    some directions in which to continue exploring. As is true with all Intransitive releases, my
    concern is not one of refining some particular label aesthetic; to me, it&#8217;s much more
    interesting to publish whatever I find compelling, and to let listeners make connections
    between disparate artists, approaches, and sounds. My hope is that one cannot know precisely
    what to expect from the label, but that some intuitive coherence emerges with time.
    That&#8217;s not for me to worry about, though: there&#8217;s too much great music to be heard
    now! Of Intransitive&#8217;s previous 2CD compilation, Variious, the critic Michael Heumann
    wrote in Stylus Magazine that he found the album &#8220;especially interesting because it so
    effortlessly bridges that imaginary gap between &#8216;popular&#8217; and &#8216;serious&#8217;
    electronic music, in the process demonstrating that those terms mean absolutely nothing. When I
    listen to Variious, I hear music and just music, and that&#8217;s all I should hear when I
    listen to music&#8221;. Right on! I&#8217;m aware that the artists compiled on these CDs (and
    on Intransitive&#8217;s releases in general) may be coming from very different conceptual or
    compositional places, but to these ears, all of this sound makes sense together. Just in case,
    I imposed a limitation on the artists: no one was allowed to use anything digital in the
    composition of their piece. And there you have it. -Howard Stelzer, Intransitive
    Recordings.</description>
  </recording>
</label>
