Wauvenfold are a shining example of electronic fanaticism. Forget anything associated with the words minimalism, simplicity, tradition.
Producers and all round musical philanderers Noel Murphy and Tom Hill have been creating their unique blend of fragile electronica for quite some time. The colourfully confusing spectrum of manmade bleeps and splattered beats is no doubt the reason they escaped from London to Nottingham.
Creating music as intricate, complex and mind-bending as this no doubt beckons many weeks of solitary confinement and self control. The two dedicated taskmasters pull together a complete track based around for example, a camera mechanism, or even something as unpleasant as feedback. And what sounds like a truly bad idea, actually, in its finished state, is nothing short of amazing.
'3Fold' compiles of three their previously released EPs 'Crisp Little Digit', 'On The Blink' and most recently 'Splinter Switch', along with two tracks lifted from their complemented Peel Session.
Blending the homespun oriental charms of technical wizard Susumu Yokota, the fragility of Four Tet and the experimental anarchy of Manitoba, Wauvenfold secure a place for themselves well within the top ranks of the current underground electronic elite.
The insane genius of two slightly warped minds is eye opening. Wichita would appear to have struck gold.
