A\H was a project by
Niko Skorpio, active in 1998-2001.
The four A\H releases, originally small CDR editions on
Some Place Else,
are now available for free as high-resolution MP3 downloads. Click on the album covers above for more information
and links to MP3s. Enjoy!
Written about A\H:
"
A/H works in a musical sphere not far away from
Pan Sonic and
Vladislav Delay. Minimal
compositions often built on discreet beat pulses suppressed by electronic sound sheets moving from abrasive
noise outbursts to more gentle low frequent soundscapes reminiscent of earliest
Autechre."
(Vital Weekly about
Kasvu)
"
tuli en tuli is the second release by
a/h from the Finnish label Some Place Else, following last
years
Palat. While I am unsure whether a/h are Finnish, the music I most associate with Finland is the
minimal techno underground. Which in some ways I guess fits an element of what a/h do with this release. While
the quote suggests that
tuli en tuli fails to be ambient and dance music, I can't quite figure out what
that leaves. This CD-R by a/h is certainly a success at whatever it does end up being, providing an album which
I have been enjoying, with
raita 2 and
tuli being the tracks that come straight to mind as
stand-outs."
(Remote Induction about
tuli en tuli)
"A/H hail from good ol Finland, and might be, after
Pan Sonic and
Vladislav Delay, the third rising
star on the fringe of minimal techno or microwave. It's certainly music that moves, but without the depth that
can be found on an ordinary techno record. It's bleepy, wacky and messy. It's a kind of pure and raw music that
is like the punkrock from the electro department (also the fact that it's a CD-R helps placing it in the do it
yourself corner). I like it a lot. It's fine combination of Pan Sonic and
Goem in strict analogue fashion."
(Vital Weekly about
tuli en tuli)
"I tried to like this because this label has been responsible for some good stuff in the past, but I just don't.
I'm not entirely sure how to simply classify 'Tull En Tull', minimalistic Techno perhaps, digital ambient? I don't
really know. These tracks are incredibly repetitive and are based around a sort of blip and chirp electronics
approach. There is a rhythmic element here, but it's handled in a very restrained way. I found that the ideas got
redundant very quickly, the random nature of the sounds was not particularly engaging."
(Worm Gear Zine about
tuli en tuli)
"I'll stick with the first 4 pieces of clickwork working successfully from minimalism to heavily layered sounds
which are not entirely comfortable. I think A/H could easily be contenders in this scene and the idea of freely
available material could be just what realizes that potential."
(Remote Induction about
017)