A wonderful handmade CD case for this equally wonderful release. This release has gained much love among reviewers and film makers alike.The EP contains a lot of laid back tunes with minimal drumming, accompanied by a wide range of enviromental foley sounds, which even further give the impression of travelling through the memories of things that once were.
Alltogether a great EP for either listening or for use under video productions.

Please NOTE: Price is pay-what-you-want + shipping (2€ to Germany, 4€ international). 9.99 is just a suggested price by Humanworkshop!

picture: handmade CD case, signed/numbered by Julian.

Reviews

Netlabelism: 8,9 out of 10
That moment where the real world and music interact is a beautiful thing. Julian Winter captures this right from the start on his ‘Slow Movement’ release. Ok Let’s Go opens with distant music, muffled and muddy, all the while you can hear the frantic footsteps of someone climbing stairs at a feverish pace and at 35 seconds into the track that person can be heard unlatching a door and the music suddenly springs to life. A joyous melody is heard with a muffled singing voice – electronic and acoustic instrumentation coexist as the beat slowly takes hold and makes your head bob. This short introduction was extremely effective in many ways, but most of all it got me in the mood for what was to come. To tell you the truth, I don’t really know how to describe to you what is to come. Winter throws a variable palette of sounds at the listener in a mix-and-match style release that is wide in scope yet focused on one thing: entertaining the listener. And All The Rest of Them is an electro dream that extends that party feeling and contains any number of effects to make you dizzy. It is after these initial three hot and sweaty numbers that things take a distinct turn. Xhaust (Feat. Smooch Simian) introduces a soft dubby bassline, mangled live percussion and the quiet whisper of what sounds to me like a rap in a language that is foreign to me. Halfway through, a guitar is introduced as the dub lines flow silky smooth. The drums are crisp and every snare hit is like sweet, sweet honey to my ears. Intersection takes only three minutes to traverse through at least five different phases of field recordings, steel pan, some distant spoken word, electronic blips, augmented deep sounds and some nifty glitch. It is that clustered that you can’t be sure of when one song ends and another begins. But for some reason it keeps calling me back. This release is so damn random yet so very refreshing and satisfying. I don’t get it. My mind can not comprehend the changes. Dour is an acoustic guitar number with again whispered (french?) vocals and minimal percussion. Yet again, Winter successfully meanders between the line of real world and musical territories with a brilliant blend of field recordings and musical trips. I believe it is this approach that draws me closer and closer to this record. It is this approach that consumes me and beckons me to travel along with the song writer. It may be too early to call, but this will be up in my top five releases of the year for sure. [AS]

"Do you know a word that means both look at me and leave me alone?" This sentence, from an album liner notes by saxophonist Masayoshi Urabe, is the theme of this record, and is reflected in the album's title.

The variation between the tracks on this album is the key that keeps listeners occupied. The elaborate, elusive eloquence of Do you know the word reveals itself more and more with each turn in your stereo set.

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It is hard to not use superlatives to describe this album. Remus is a true master of sound, and his skills shine through brilliantly in each track of The 5th Season.

To steer clear of using terms such as 'fantastic', 'outstanding', 'superb' and what not, it should be sufficient to say that this record is a cinematic crossover between Paco de Lucia, Amon Tobin and John Zorn.

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Packed with 14 strong tracks, Humanworkshop #1 is the result of a combined effort by Humanworkshop founders Leisure-B, BASIC and Remus.

It is the perfect introduction to the Humanworkshop sound: cinematic, beat-driven, accessible, sweetened by detailed soundscapes and beautiful, often ethnic melodies.

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The breakdown:
BASIC - Do you know the word
Remus - The 5th Season
Various - Humanworkshop #1


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The breakdown:
BASIC - Do you know the word
Remus - The 5th Season
Various - Humanworkshop #1
Humanworkshop T-shirt
Humanworkshop Lighter

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From the La Madame Avec Le Chien website:

Tail Wagging Music is a selection of tracks done between 1999 and 2006. Most of them are from original members of the lmalc collective and others are by friends which we invited to join the project. Expect an eclectic mixture of original music floating between different genres like Nu-jazz, Hiphop, IDM, Dub, Indie, Rock, modern Classical, Trip Hop. The 16 tracks were choosen and compiled by Q and soFa (solariumface).

Tracklisting:

1     Sindri     Impromptu (3:49)
2     Back & Forth     Ineluctable (6:31)
3     Supercilious     Matriarcal Society (4:14)
4     Nico Musch*     Floust (3:09)
5     Dr. Lazerlyde     What That DO (3:31)
6     BASIC (8)     You Remember That Day (4:54)
7     Kadah/Vresky     Biometric Distillery (5:48)
8     Norbert Weedloaf     Doc (3:42)
9     Animals On Wheels     Near Miss Afternoon (4:02)
10     Drop The Dyle     Poloch (3:50)
11     Tobald     Sofqeela (4:17)
12     Kadah/Vresky & Tageo     Monopoly Mango (4:40)
13     Yorgl     Having A Beer With Fix (4:50)
14     Rony & Suzy     Vitrail (5:31)
15     Emergency Broadcast System     Waiting For Dorsal (3:13)
16     Nautilis     Slitshifting (3:59)

The CD is, unlike other electronic releases of the same kind, very minimalistic and easy, even though the musical aspect is in no way neglected. In the last song, Chaoscontrol, Tonfilm expresses his love for random patterns and sound design tricks by leading us through all that modern music has to offer.