‘Mon Rideau Noir’ is the debut solo album from Mimi Secue member Lars Stigler, and it’s a very pleasant surprise. Taking in influence from the classic post rock of Tortoise, the opening track ‘Albatross’ is a masterclass in Rhodes-drenched beauty. Knowing Mimi Secue’s upbeat post-pop I wasn’t really expecting Stigler’s solo jaunt to be so subtly affecting but it's incredibly accomplished, and wonderfully restrained. As the album progresses we get taken further into deep ambient, reminding me of Tim Hecker or Gas, and then down into melancholic post rock again before ending on ten minutes of the most gorgeous organic drone music this side of Stars of the Lid. A seriously good record this is probably my favourite release on the Radian-connected Karate Joe label and a must for fans of dusty post rock everywhere.
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This Viennese guitarist has been working quietly, in all senses of the word, for just over a decade now. Samarium is his fourth solo release in that time and showcases a patience and clarity of technique. As the lengthy title hints, a tonally complex yet scrupulously observed phenomenon continually unfolds until it inhabits a wide vista of sound. In the musical world this is revealed through initially delicate and deliberately plucked notes against a rising hum of chorus. Stigler stretches the first two long pieces into divided movements, suggesting natural process, before releasing a more synthesized arrangement for radio static saturated guitar and piano harmonics. Stigler’s compositions have a little in common with Oren Ambarchi’s more restrained moments or Giuseppe Ielasi at his least abstract. But truthfully his music is on it’s own track… one that is less interested by the density of structures and with a simplicity that is more about clarity than minimalism for it’s own sake. These are themes for traveling deep into the heart of things or observing the sweep of great distances.
so far released four solo albums.'im zimmer'1997,'sommerschlaf &winterreise'2001,'mon rideau noir'2003(karate-joe),'samarium-cobalt compound impulse-release magnets and linear resistance inputs'2007(karate-joe) and as a member of Contour'horizons(realized on photographs)'2003(kj)and 'forst'with Mimi Secue 2004(kj).there's a fifth solo album 'why so empty?' finished,but not yet released.composed soundtrack for 4 silent movies for the "filmarchiv austria", for the 2007 "viennale" filmfestival's
special feature"proletarisches kino in österreich" .one in co-op with dieb13.
2008:Music for the Dance-piece 'Seikes'for the choreographer Elio Gervasi. __________________________________________________________________________
lives in vienna,works as a live soundengineer for Soap&Skin,Philipp Quehenberger,Mimi Secue,Charmant Rouge and Metamorphosis and at the Rhiz bar.
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played in.... shalakri(1999-2002)
Mimi Secue(2001-2003)
Contour(2001-2003)
played with peter kutin,daniel lercher,martin siewert,david schweighart,
m.p.kopflos(glutamat),stefan fraunberger,wolfgang musil
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appeared at ruinII festival,rhiz bar,modernistmozartfestival(vienna),
pushkinskayaESG,aposition festival(st.petersburg);
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