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Thu. Feb 25 - 20:30Toronto - The El Mocambo
Robin Judge is an electronic artist from Canada. She carefully constructs scenarios that explore processes within the digital realm. Focusing on the subtle relationships between rhythm and texture, she shapes auditory space with layered compositions to create a tapestry of sound. Robin Judge has released on such labels as Mille Plateaux, Traum and Onitor. She also records as Jirku/Judge for her collaborative project with Tomas Jirku. Robin Judge has performed live at the Mutek festival in Montreal opening for Monolake, Akufen, Ricardo Villalobos and Ritchie Hawtin. She has performed across North America and has toured throughout Europe. Her live shows exhibit the many facets of her musical concepts.
"A lovely CD of skipping percussion and uncommon restraint, Plusism is all about the rustle of recognition and the hush of words held back. Traces and vapour trails and wagging stalks of grain, like bodies meeting bodies coming through the rye. Toronto's Robin Judge and Tomas Jirku, known from releases on No Type and Force Inc, mold putty-like chords into soft, rounded shapes that seem initially delicate, but turn out to be strangely durable. They press real-world elements-off-color twangings from the dead part of the guitar's neck, brittle piano twinklings-into the greyscale lump, resulting in an extraordinarily tactile sound that practically begs blindfolded, Brailled-fingered listening. Occasionally a sense of exhaustion sets in - not the exhaustion of form, but simple, physical fatigue, manifested in sluggish beats and chords that move forward like leaden feet at high altitudes. It's an interesting approach for MicroHouse, which is so often about the unencumbered glide; Judge and Jirku seem to take inspiration from the nocturnal slowness that wraps itself around the quickest of pulses." - The Wire