Tilomo's "Soft Lunch" is both jagged and soft, smooth and abrasive. And the sum total is greater than its parts. With the touch of the play button on your CD machine, you are launched into realms beyond moral thought. In this CD, mankind symbolically achieves transcendence. Dark and light, sharp and blunt, smooth and rough - dichotomies merge in a mind-soothing sort of rapture experienced by minds on the fringe. Intelligent and informed by dadaism (at the same time that it seems to be couched in meaning), "Soft Lunch" is an exploration of the beyond, transcendence for the brave. Four stars- (DJfix.com)
Not purely ambient and not purely dance-oriented, guitarist Tim Motzer's latest effort, Tilomo is a project that speaks volumes by stating things subtly. Released on his own 1K imprint [a name that may or may not be paying homage to the undisputable kings of subtle click'n'pop, 12K], "Soft Lunch" sees the man turn it down a notch and still come out miles ahead of the competition. For a man who's been involved with projects such as Nine Horses, Ursula Rucker, Burnt Friedman, Jaki Liebezeit and King Britt, Motzer is one busy individual. Here, he shows off a more docile approach to music, where the details make all the difference in the world. Halfway through "Spellbound", he uses what could pass for pan-flutes to induce moments of tranquil glory, while "Gelid" is heavy on percussion - real and manipulated - that moves the piece along in some interesting directions. When they make an appearance, beats are hushed and delicately strung out. "Chi Moto" features just a tinkering beat that is on high-end of the spectrum and features the mandatory soothing triangle. Closing number "After They've Gone" is a droopy, drooling and float-in-space concoction which features the sounds of slide guitar being tuned in and out. Sounds perfects to keep your mind occupied for the voyage into the nether regions of your own consciousness. (Gazeta)
"Tim Motzer has made some pretty noisy shit...Ursula Rucker and King Britt's Sister Gertrude Morgan CD-not to mention contributions to David Sylvian's Nine Horses and Jaki Liebezeit's Secret Rhythms. Yet, on this new solo excursion, this Philadelphian finds solace in silence. Tilomo, Tim Motzer's guitar/laptop solo project, benefits greatly from the sloe-gin-y liquid soul of his work with Britt-you can hear it in the way his fuzzy jazz-foink chords ooze through the title track. But there's a sputter, beep, whoosh and clink to the proceedings that make it happily irksome and decidedly un-neo-soulful. The sawed, strained string samples of "Blue Samari," the thickly blown wind sounds that trace the development of "Embrace" from autumn chill to winter storm, the cheery tinkling of "Chi Moto"-there are eight million moody stories to be told in this ambient jungle." --A.D. Amorosi (City Paper)
"SOFT LUNCH is space.
My favourite tracks are from zen assembler to after theyve gone. this is the part that reminds me more of a space for counsciousness. I love even embrace too. Is very abstract and linked to space. Sky music." -- Enrico Mariani (reggio emilia, italy)
"Tilomo is baby making music for robots." -- king britt 2006
tilomo is the brainchild of philadelphia producer/guitarist tim motzer. somewhere along the way, he created a score for the scottish dance theatre in dundee, scotland which was made possible by some great software and one apple g4 laptop. a year later, a german label asked him to do an ambient record. the impetus. king britt heard it and flipped. he listens to it almost everyday. the belief. eventually, with the help of los angeles-based artist/illustrator thomas schmid (his art wraps around the eyecatching digipak) the album has made it's way out into the world. an electronic adventure in sound.
a break from the fastlife. internal. latenight. lights low.
create your own world. 10 soundtracks. each a world in it's own.
get wrapped inside the seductive soundwomb of soft lunch.
select discography: nine horses - snow borne sorrow (samadhisound)
ursula rucker - ma'at mama (k7)
burnt friedman & jaki liebezeit - secret rhythms 2 (nonplace)
king britt presents: sister gertrude morgan (ropeadope)
nu cultures - a 1k mix collection (1k)
global illage - sushilove sessions (equalarea)
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Conceived by producers, Tim Motzer (Nine Horses/Ursula Rucker) and Enrico Marani, Secret Voices combines epic compositions, potent improvisations and mesmeric wordplay from a unique collective of poets and musicians. An ambitious collision of ambient, dub, classical, free jazz, and electronics, laced with Motzer's trademark guitar feedback and loops, Secret Voices also features the sublime poetry of Ursula Rucker (4 Hero), Rich Medina, Elliott Levin, Kalaf Angelo and Adriano Englebrecht. Musicians Barry Meehan, Jeremy Carlstedt and Gloria Justen all make powerful contributions to Motzer and Marani's compelling and culturally eclectic dark cinematic vision.
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