{"id":520,"date":"2010-06-06T18:50:24","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T16:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/?p=520"},"modified":"2011-04-15T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T04:00:18","slug":"a-review-from-sonic-curiosity-may-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"A review from Sonic Curiosity (May 2004)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Wonderment of  Roricat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This CD from 2002 features 72 minutes of superbly crafted electronic  music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roricat <\/strong>is a Russian duo consisting of: Julica Rorica on voices and  magic,  \tand Eugene T on guitars and machines.<\/p>\n<p>Prepare to be astounded.<\/p>\n<p>Layers of crystalline guitar strains are interwoven with languidly  lively  \telectronics and sparse hand-drum percussion. When put into words, it  sounds  \tso minimal, yet what this duo create is a brilliant dose of highly  melodic  \telectronic music that oozes with a blend of human passion and alien  \tdisposition. The mood is often icy and abstract.<\/p>\n<p>Wavering tonalities pulsate with synthetic effects, while gentle  percussion  \tcontributes a pittering tempo. Treated guitars drift like ghosts  through the  \tmix, caressing the melodies with an ethereal touch that is quite  \tindescribable. A bevy of inventiveness is utilized to create these  tunes,  \tresulting in hyperactive pastiches of gentle demeanor. While the  individual  \tsounds may be simplistic, their unity creates a lavish gestalt that is  \tnothing short of amazing.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few tracks that display a more substantial Roricat, in  which  \tattempts are made to produce modern rock tunes (sans vocals and  commercial  \tdesensitization, of course). To say these tunes are successfully would  be a  \tgross understatement, for they blaze with wondrous glory and are equal  to  \tthe challenge of comparison to any of the best.<\/p>\n<p>These compositions are lush despite their minimal structure, and  emotional  \tdespite their calculated motif. It is quite rare to find such an  \toverabundance of vivacious creativity on one disc. The songs vibrate  with  \tpromise, both artistic and holistic. Soothing harmonics become fused  with  \tsubtly jarring components, accomplishing a remarkable sonic experience  that  \twill leave a deep impression on any audience. Even listeners who  normally  \tpossess little interest in electronic music will find themselves  instant  \tconverts to <strong>Roricat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Some vocals are present, but they remain non-verbal and are  subjected to  \textreme treatments until they emerge like a chorus of cartoon angels  \tcrooning from high altitudes.<\/p>\n<p>Remember the first time you heard Brian Eno&#8217;s <em>Another Green World<\/em>? <strong> Roricat<\/strong>&#8218;s <em>Uki Uki<\/em> is guaranteed to elicit that sense of savory awe  and  \tendearing enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong> Matt Howarth<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wonderment of Roricat This CD from 2002 features 72 minutes of superbly crafted electronic music. Roricat is a Russian duo consisting of: Julica Rorica on voices and magic, and Eugene T on guitars and machines. Prepare to be astounded. Layers of crystalline guitar strains are interwoven with languidly lively electronics and sparse hand-drum percussion. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[39,45],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-roricat","tag-uki-uki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WordPress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}