PRESS CLIPS & REVIEWS
Indietracks Festival 2010 Interview with Cineplexx
...What music are you enjoying at the moment?
Mostly psychedelic pop beat from the 60s and Brazilian music, also lots of indie pop from 80s and 90s and 00s. Some of my favourite bands I am listening to right now are: Atlas Sound, Beach House, Beat Happening, Deerhunter, Grab Grab The Haddock, Little Wings, Panda Bear, Pipas, Rose Melberg, Stereo Total, The Clientele, The Pastels, The Rain Parade, Tom Tom Club, Yo La Tengo, J.K. & CO, The 5th Dimension, The Sunshine Company, The Aerovons, The Beatles, The Kinks, Mark Eric, The Moon, Nick Garrie, Thomas & Richard Frost, Serge Gainsbourg, The Feelies, Os Brasas, Os Mutantes, Nara Leao, Eduardo Mateo and many more.
Continue reading here: http://indietracksblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/indietracks-interview-1-cineplexx.html
Mejor (video review) ...Here's a bit of whimsy from the graphic artist/musician Sebastian Litmanovich d.b.a. Cineplexx. The mood is pure lounge-pop (this is the "copacabana mix") and the montage of nostalgic elements really carries this video along. Go-go girls cavort and samba bands parade behind the bemused-looking Litmanovich, who lists some of his influences as Os Mutantes and Joao Gilberto... although in our opinion, there's is a bit of Van Dyke Parks lurking in there, too. So wether you are sipping a pina colada in a hammock or an eggnog in a La-Z-Boy, settle in and enjoy this bit of swinging fun. / LINK.TV December 2009 / http://www.linktv.org/video/4785/world-music-cineplexx-mejor
Nuevahola (Concert review) ...Cineplexx y El Robot Bajo el Agua en Barcelona. Mientras esperamos que se edite por estos pagos el nuevo disco de El Robot Bajo el Agua (A dolores que percibió la grandeza), aquí les presentamos la reseña del recital que el proyecto de Nicolás Kramer brindó el pasado 8 de enero en Barcelona junto a Cineplexx. Las fotos de la jornada las pueden encontrar en nuestro Flickr...
Continue reading here: Revista Post / Por Maitén Rinaldi y Ana Llurba / Especial para Revista Post
Nuevahola (CD review) ...Ya os hemos hablado de Cineplexx con la publicación de su anterior trabajo (Picnic) y puede que no nos cansemos que hacerlo como tampoco nos cansamos de escucharle. Hace unos meses Sebastián Litmanovich presentaba Nuevahola (Cherry Red, 2009), su nuevo trabajo consistente en una recopilación de canciones antiguas, rarezas y canciones nuevas. Y que incluye inspiradísimas canciones indiepop de alcoba, eclécticas en tempos y cadencias. Delicias sonoras teñidas de pop clásico a la Belle&Sebastian o The Velvet Underground, resortes diversos del easy listening y ecos sesenteros, el indiepop electrónico más lo-fi, el dreampop más evocador, más purista y de mente afinada. Tan elocuente como el de Fireflies y, además, con dulzura vocal en castellano. / Notodo, by David Cano, Oct. 2009
Picnic (CD review) ...Picnic (Portia y Molécula Records, 2008), es una reunión de magníficas canciones de evocaciones cinexin, que, si bien rebosan eclecticismo, se hallan en algún lugar entre el indiepop, la banda sonora original (del espacio estelar) y el twee. Un pop onírico de alcoba y una deliciosa voz única. Entre Fireflies, A Boy Named Thor y The Velvet Underground este argentino nos vuelve a conquistar. / Notodo, by David Cano, Sept. 2008
Nuevahola (CD review) ... A Genius Band. / Zani, by Dean Cavanagh, Oct. 2009
Mejor (Copacabana Mix) (song and video review) ...second summer jamz: cineplexx - mejor (copacabana mix). The temp is balmy today and I'm in the mood for some laid back and lovely la la las's. Thanks to Spain's excellent Cineplexx, I was able to find exactly the right thing. This track comes from a recent collection of tracks released by Cherry Red called Nuevahola. I need to track it down ASAP! / nonemoretwee.blogspot.com by Tim, November 8, 2009
Mejor (video review) ...'Mejor', Cineplexx - Vídeo del día! Hace poco más de un año Cineplexx fue el protagonista de uno de nuestros MP3 Gratis del Día gracias a 'A Mi Lado'. Sebastian Litmanovich regresa ahora 'Nuevahola' (Cherry Red Records, 09) y este caleidoscópico vídeo de presentación. / Spinner Nov 24th 2009
The Christmas Family Tree - Cineplexx & Ally Kerr (song review) ...Ally Kerr and Cineplexx makes a Christmas song! Two of my favourite musicians, Ally Kerr and Cineplexx have made a Christmas song/video together! / http://eardrumsmusic.com December 17th, 2009 by Knut
Mejor (video review) ...Here's a bit of whimsy from the graphic artist/musician Sebastian Litmanovich d.b.a. Cineplexx. The mood is pure lounge-pop (this is the "copacabana mix") and the montage of nostalgic elements really carries this video along. Go-go girls cavort and samba bands parade behind the bemused-looking Litmanovich, who lists some of his influences as Os Mutantes and Joao Gilberto... although in our opinion, there's is a bit of Van Dyke Parks lurking in there, too. So wether you are sipping a pina colada in a hammock or an eggnog in a La-Z-Boy, settle in and enjoy this bit of swinging fun. / www.linktv.org December 2009
Nuevahola album, and the song Mejor featured @ best of 2009 ...El millor de l’any by I Can Hear Music blog @ Time Out (BCN) ... Nuevahola is features on the best albums of 2009 here. and the song Mejor on the best songs of 2009 here.
Tarde by Cineplexx (song review) ...Especial 69 Canciones de Amor. Tarde (Pequeños Accidentes Domésticos) "Aún tengo algo dentro que nos pertenece." Un estribillo a lo Morrissey, las cenizas donde hubo fuego, y los polvos de una relación según Sebastián Litmanovich, el cerebro detrás de Cineplexx . / Inrockuptibles magazine (Arg), Nov 2009
Mejor (Copacabana Mix) (song and video review) ...Our Favorite Downloads of 2009! Cineplexx, a.k.a. Sebastian Litmanovich, has incredible talent and we instantly understood this when we heard his latest single, “Mejor.” It’s easy-going, sometimes even nostalgic– but in a good way! If you haven’t already, check out the video, which we premiered on the web. This Argentinean lives now in Spain but is constantly updating his website and blog with the latest on his sophomore album, Nuevahola, so keep checking back.” . / Remezcla BY Nathalie Gonzalez | PUBLISHED: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Mejor (Copacabana Mix) (song and video review) ...“10 músicas para um mundo mais latino-americano. #2. Cineplexx. "Mejor".O argentino Sebastian Litmanovich teve uma coletânea editada pela histórica Cherry Red Records. "Mejor", na versão original, é uma das grandes coisas do disco, Nuevahola, que é gigante. Esse remix apelidado de "copacabana", com jingado carioca e clima tropical, é especial. Saludos a Sebastian e mais verões na vida de todos nós! / Dominodromo, MTV Brazil por Rodrigo Maceira 08/12/2009 - 11:53
Nuevahola (CD review) ...“Nuevahola” is a series of soundscapes that spans 1997 to the present. The music on here includes contributions by Duglas and Stuart Bandit and also Norman Fanclub. There’s a definite Glasgow connection with the sound which is a spacious, filmic affair that goes from lush and sweeping to fragile and introspective via all the aspects of 60’s and 70’s pop. “Nuevahola" also includes a dust bowl, weather-beaten version of “Paint it Black” the like of which you’ll never have heard before. A nice introduction to a guy with a cool line in alternative treatments using acoustic guitars, synthesisers and pretty much anything else he can get his mitts on. / nextbigthing.blogspot.com by Lindsay Hutton, August 18 2009
Nuevahola (CD review) ...Trece porciones de pop preciosista que delatan el acentuado olfato melódico de Litmanovich. El álbum, avalado por la enjundia de Cherry Red, es un compendio de canciones antiguas y nuevas, además de alguna que otra rareza, que se abre con las ganas de “A mi lado” y que empieza su vuelo de altura con “Nueva sombra”, un encomiable muestra de pop sugerente en toda regla. A esta le sigue “Además”, en cuya esencia parece anidar ecos de Los Gatos, la banda de Lito Nebbia, algo que también puede notarse en “Fácil”, en la que la mezcla del tema corre a cargo del insigne Daniel Melero. Pero el listón permanece alto a lo largo de Nuevahola, sacando a la luz la habilidad de Litmanovich para manejar sonidos que envuelven entre coros acertados y ambientes cordiales. Algo así como una suave psicodelia empapada de sentimientos porteños, y decorada por apuntes electrónicos y pinceladas acústicas. “Mejor” y “Tarde” son directas, tiernas y a la vez proclives al tarareo, pequeñas reflexiones de alcoba y encuentros y desencuentros con lo cotidiano. “Hermosa espera” sigue anotando preciosos apuntes melódicos al trabajo de Cineplexx, luego llega “Tigre trap”, en la que participan Duglas T. Stewart y Norman Blake de BMX Bandits y Teengae Fanclub, respectivamente. El recorrido por esta Nuevahola continúa con “Todo”, la intimidad de “Turista”, el vaivén enrarecido de “Fruta salada”, la revisión acústica y cósmica de “Paint it black” de The Rolling Stones, y acaba con “Muchas canciones”, dos minutos con siete segundos que culminan un buen disco lleno de rayos de luz. / Muzikalia por Aldo Linares - 10 de Agosto de 2009
Nuevahola (CD review) ...4/5 stars **** The sunny weather manages to bring out a surprise summer soundtrack. Sebastian Litmanovich is an Argentinian in love with indie-pop with a latin lilt. What you get here is a compilation of his best bits and some new stuff, with help from Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and a couple of BMX Bandits, so you can sense where his music’s going. There’s a chilled-out cover of the Stones’ Paint It Black too. / Sunday Express, July 26, 2009
Nuevahola (CD review) ...Best Albums 2009: A mid-year review. These are the best albums of the year thus far: #5. Cineplexx: Nuevahola (May, Cherry Red Records) - This is an excellent album to be played while hanging out, doing nothing. It fills the room with a relaxing energy and you'll find yourself singing along after a few listens. Although it is a compilation of previously released songs by Cineplexx and 2 new songs, it deserves to be among the best releases of the year. / By: Edson Sanchez Saucidoslant.blogspot.com
Nuevahola (CD review) ...whispery vocals and esoteric soundscapes also bridge into the realm of atmospheric electronic. / IODA
Nuevahola (CD review) ...El cedé es una atractiva selección por los tracks incandescentes de Litmanovich (Fácil, Todo, Tarde…), también contiene el cover Paint it black de los Stones, y cuatro inéditos. Uno de ellos se llama Hermosa espera, cuya maqueta fue inicialmente la introducción al programa de las tardes de la Rock & Pop docta en 2004. Vaya alegría reconocerlo a tientas otra vez, hecho canción y diciendo algo tan simple y apacible como “llegó el descanso para la cabeza…sobre tus piernas…”. Hermosa espera, la de los que persisten en las melodías que dan belleza y fulgor a este mundo" / Ricardo Cabral para Ruletachina.com
Cineplexx, All albums review article !!!
...Read the complete review from Ruletachina.com by Ricardo Cabral here.
Nuevahola (CD review) ...Pop sutil y encantador / Gatopardo.com
Nuevahola (CD review) ...O argentino Sebastian Litmanovich, cabeça por trás do Cineplexx, é, desde maio, artista do casting da excelente Cherry Records, que inclui clássicos do tamanho de Cabaret Voltaire no catálogo. O disco, batizado de Nuevahola, reúne folks lisérgicos de diversos álbuns do cantor e compositor, há alguns anos exilado em Barcelona. Interessante: mesmo sendo coletânea, o disco alcança consistência de álbum. Quem ouve pela primeira vez, tem certeza de que tudo ali é parte de um mesmo - e excelente - projeto. / Rodrigo Maceira, Dominodromo blog @ MTV Brasil
Nuevahola (CD review) ...From a record that took a mere twelve years to collate, Sebastian Litmanovich at long, long, long last releases a sort of Best Of album. These aren’t the Cineplexx A-Sides, you see, they’re a medley of the Argentine graphic designer’s more peculiar moments: the thirteen brightest demos and trinkets from his six installments to date. “Mejor,” however, is the newly-recorded lure, the one the fans will isolate from the download and be keen to get acquainted with. And talk about jewel in the crown: the dreamy haze and Spanish pop fit the recent hot weather like a glove, leaving me with a strong urge to say, “fuck it” and head to the beach. As bronzed and decadent as Richard Hawley and with more than just a little hint of hula, “Mejor”‘s lazy chords and unstressed snare drums are just what the doctor ordered—something to take your mind off the bad shit besieging the world at the moment. In his floaty lilt from the heart of Barcelona, Litmanovich conjures the dream sounds of sixties chill, transporting you to a time where open convertibles and free love flowed like the warm summer sun. It might sound a little fey to the white knuckle gang, but given that there’s not much flowing at the minute except for the steady spread of pig disease, I know where I’d rather be" - www.cokemachineglow.com
Mejor (Single song review) ...Cineplexx's new single, "Mejor," a lush breeze of hazy guitar strums, enchanting Spanish coos, and soothing waves of percussion. It's just the right stuff for the laziest of beach bums, late night drive enthusiasts, or perhaps those of you still recovering after a long, long night. / Muumuse.com
Picnic (CD review) "You may not have heard of Argentinean-born Cineplexx (a.k.a. Sebastian Litmanovich), but that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t spent the majority of his 34 years making music. His ninth full-length, Picnic, features simple pop music with little inner complexities (think: The Beach Boys meets Belle and Sebastian). Tracks like “Droga Paliativa” infuse with ’80s style synths and electronic-driven pop, while the title track (which features Half Japanese’s Jad Fair) masterfully layers a folky organ with twitchy guitar and chimes. Like dreamy landscapes sung in Spanish, Litmanovich’s melodies evoke all kinds of emotions" - XLR8
Picnic (CD review) ...Cineplexx est un poète et chante des choses simples: un pique-nique, un disque de Belle & Sebastian, les heures qui s’écoulent lentement jusqu’à la fin de la semaine. Vamos de picnic, en tren o en coche. Cineplexx va, j’en suis sûr, composer le Porque te vas de notre époque. / J.-E.D. Standard Magazine (France)
Picnic (CD review) ...Cineplexx esconde a criatura, também artista gráfico, Sebastian Litmanovich, nascido na Argentina, mas residente da cidade Espanhola. Sebastian Litmanovich, como o seu vizinho, é perito em fervilhantes caldeirões sonoros homemade e psicadelismo aceso, mas enquanto El Guincho prima pelos ritmos tribais, Cineplexx obta pelos ritmos sonhadores e Primaveris, através de uma Pop, lo-fi, hiperbólica afogada em instrumentação esparsa e harmonia graciosa. O seu som, de base electrónica, é tão amplo que lembra diversos nomes como: Belle and Sebastian, The Radio dept, Camera Obscura, Jens Lekman, Flaming Lips, Teenage Fanclub, Beach Boys, Vaselines, Magnetic Fields, Gruf Rhys, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynchi, entre tantos outros. Brilhante&Contagiante!!! / ekletric.blogspot.com
Picnic (CD review)...“Exquisito” / Inrockuptibles (AR)
(cineplexx interview on Picnic)...Escape Artist: CINEPLEXX - Picnic. story by Kory Grow /www.paperthinwalls.com
...In 2005, Sebastián Litmanovich, a.k.a. Cineplexx, was a minimalist electronic musician looking for a way out. The Barcelonan was playing glitchy scratches and rhythmic beeps at places like Spain's Sónar Festival, an event dedicated to "advanced music," but would be listening to Television and the Velvet Underground in his private life. He left his life of clinical bloops behind for the sunny, summer treat of seventh album Picnic, an album full of lush, catchy psychedelic bedroom pop, accented with colorful, otherworldly whispers about sleep, dreams and recreation. Many of the songs are about escape "in a positive way," says Litmanovich, after apologizing for English being his second language. "That's why I thought it was appropriate to reinforce this concept of 'picnic,' because a picnic, after all, is a kind of escape. You can go with more people and just have fun and share a moment or a fried egg." Paper thin walls (read the complete interview...)
- 4 stars, AMG Album Pick /All Music Guide
Picnic (CD review) ...The album is a real unexpected treat, and Cineplexx are the kind of crush that might just bloom into a full on love affair. /blog.allmusic.com
Picnic (CD review)...This is, as they say, a lush pop album. The songs are late-60s-ish and really pretty. /KSCR
Picnic (CD review)...Cineplexx creates a dreamy pop album that will appeal to fans of M83, THE ZOMBIES, DEASTRO, and others /cjam-music.blogspot.com
Picnic (CD review)...Exquisite indie-pop /kuci.uci.edu
Picnic (CD review)...Perfect for that surreal Sunday in the park. /Ed Morales, newsday.com
Picnic (CD review)...desde España nos llega un ejemplo de auténtico buen pop independiente (si, indie) a cargo de Cineplexx, grupo de un solo integrante (Sebastián Litmanovich), quien lleva editados un par de EP's y que esta vez se rodea de invitados como Norman Blake (de Teenage Fanclub) o Duglas Stewart (de los BMX Bandits) para crear un disco redondo, lleno de guitarras acústicas y teclados, que nos remiten a The Beach Boys, Flaming Lips y por momentos a unos Family más low-fi de costumbre... / Alex M. Revista Sonika (MX)
Picnic (CD review)...“Sentada” (Seated) with its cartoon springy boing, bass hums, light stomping and clapping, and tinkling background noises sounds like a Roger Rabbit acid trip. /onemicrophone.com
Picnic (CD review)...This album is a warm combination of dream pop, psychedelic '60s-inspired pop/rock, tiny electronic tidbits and soft Spanish vocals warped together in a pouch of preciousness. /kalamazoo
Picnic (CD review) ...Boasting plenty of memorable material with 15 tracks, Picnic may very well go down as one of the most uniquely engaging releases of the year. / Obscuresound (read more...)
Picnic (CD review)...I am so far most enamored with the title track, a dreamy, yet slightly off kilter song whose vocals kind of make it sound as if it were recorded on an island inhabited by friendly ghosts. / Squaregirls (read more...)
Picnic (CD review) ...If you’re into Elliott Smith and Belle & Sebastian, you'll really enjoy Cineplexx. / afrojacks.com (read more...)
Picnic (CD review) ...Picnic is surely going to be one of my favorite releases of the prior couple of years. / The Flame's Flight
Picnic (CD review) ...Espiral reviewed 7,5... In the international language of bedroom psych auteurs who dream of Mellotron fields, it doesn’t particularly matter. / paperthinwalls.com (read more...)
Picnic (CD review) ...There is a fair amount of experimentation throughout the album, which works in the darker electropop of "Droga Paliativa" and the haunting folk in "De Picnic Sin Mi"...my favorite tracks are the more straight-forward pop songs, like "A Mi Lado" and "Belle & Sebastian" / chris, Indiepages.com
Picnic (CD review) Cineplexx - warm and friendly pop for a springtime picnic. April 17th, 2008 by Knut
“Picnic” is Sebastian Litmanovich’s fifth overall album and his debut on Portia, and here he is helped by Duglas Stewart (BMX Bandits), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Jad Fair (Half Japanese) and Federico Aubele (all of them have co-written songs or performs on the tracks on the album). Sebastian’s music has a lot in common with especially Stewart’s and Blake’s music, so they seem to be the perfect collaboration partners for Cineplexx. If you like Belle and Sebastian, The Radio dept, BMX Bandits, Camera Obscura, Little Name, Jens Lekman, Flaming Lips, Teenage Fanclub or the Beach Boys, you’ll love Cineplexx. It’s a wonderful album, and a perfect companion to the coming days of Spring. The albumtitle is perfect. “Picnic” is the exact image I get in my head when I’m listening to this album. I see myself resting on the grass on a warm spring day, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and Cineplexx is playing somewhere in the background. Mmmm! “Picnic” is a wonderful collection of pop songs, with Sebastian’s warm and almost whispered Spanish vocals in front (except on “Tiger Trap” where Duglas Stewart sings). The album is full of pretty melodies, lush strings and harmonies, but far underneath all the niceness, you’ll discover more noisy, fuzzy and strange elements, - sometimes also darker - , which makes the album more interesting in the long run. The title track, where Jad Fair is involved, is almost psychedelic in its playful and dreamy arrangement. Wonderful! This is one of the album’s really strong sides: The more you listen to it, the more you’ll discover. / Knut, Ear Drums Music
Picnic (CD review) ...desde España nos llega un ejemplo de auténtico buen pop independiente (si, indie) a cargo de Cineplexx, grupo de un solo integrante (Sebastián Litmanovich), quien lleva editados un par de EP's y que esta vez se rodea de invitados como Norman Blake (de Teenage Fanclub) o Duglas Stewart (de los BMX Bandits) para crear un disco redondo, lleno de guitarras acústicas y teclados, que nos remiten a The Beach Boys, Flaming Lips y por momentos a unos Family más low-fi de costumbre... / Alex M. Revista Sonika (MX)
Picnic (CD review) ...Una colección de pequeñas composiciones pop. "A mi lado" se trata de un tema precioso, pegadizo y realmente cautivador. /Palabelia.com
Picnic (CD review) ...a light airy hint of twee-pop which sometimes borders on eighties light synth pop. Their sound is a little Belle & Sebastian like, with the chamber pop sound of The Clientele added in with a smaller dose of Magnetic Fields. /parasitesandsycophants.blogspot.com
CONCERT REVIEW Cineplexx & The Odeons ...Experimental music, suggestive sounds, dreamlike melodies and a lot of savoir faire that leaves a sweet after-taste. / Laura Bo Lecool.com
CONCERT REVIEW Cineplexx & The Odeons ...pop lo-fi flotante y orquestado teñido de psicodelia. /popmadrid.com
CONCERT REVIEW Cineplexx & The Odeons ...Is an elegant and compact melodic pop band, filled with good vibes, sensibility and delicateness, with an air of humour and passion. Their concerts are an enjoyable, emotional voyage who leave you feeling good inside. / Alex Brahim, Lecool.com
RESTAR (CD REVIEW)
...Cineplexx welcomes the listener into the intimate atmosphere of the evening when this album should be played. the music on this album it's only for intimate home listening. Sounds that are slowly appearing from the background and often they're forming a specific dreamy ambiental aura around the tracks. Sounds very dreamy and may put the listener in a state of lucid dreaming, it's something I haven't heard often and on this album Cineplexx is doing that in a very nice way, making a kind of 'good night' music to sleep by. Music that is not connected to any concrete genre or style, but still it has elements of some of them, even a special kind of, let's name it, 'lucid dreaming techno music'.
VITAL WEEKLY (BR)
RESTAR (CD REVIEW)
...Cineplexx is a solo-project hailing from Barcelona, which composes a minimal sound filled with experimental and ambient elements. There’s a kind of cool space-like sounding atmosphere running through the tracks. That’s for sure one the main characteristics of “Restar”. The songs have been made by the fusion of samplings, electronics and guitar. The “Edredón” is my favorite one, especially for its ambient mood. This is a quite accessible release in a minimal style...
side-line.com (November 2006)
RESTAR (CD REVIEW)
...Low key electronics. It isn't ambient techno, that implies a bouncier style. Instead this is more like active Beequeen. Buzzes swirl around while a light keyboard melody ties it together. No real beat, but you can still sense their rhythm. There are beats at time that are actually quite compelling, but this isn't in the techno realm, think more like Oval or Coil in the way that this is electronic music with out the eletronica..
Don Poe, EAR/Rational Staff Reviewer (september 2006)
RESTAR (CD REVIEW)
...Though Barcelona-based Argentinean Sebastián Litmanovich (aka Cineplexx) is joined by guitarists Sebastián Kramer and Martin Litmanovich on a few cuts, Restar is a largely solo production of emotive electronic-pop atmospheres. There's enough pristine whirr and click in Restar's nine tracks to keep the minimal enthusiast happy though folk and ambient moments surface too. In addition to crisp beats and melancholy shimmer, Litmanovich appears to have a soft spot for the Theremin, judging by its repeated warble: its quiver emerges amidst a textured mass of tinkles, throbs, and clicks on “Cucharita” and oscillates alongside harpsichord melodies in the ambient setting “Escape.” He maintains interest by incorporating contrasts of mood, from the relaxed gallop of “Buenas Noches” to the haunting moodscape “Edredón” and ponderous drone “Sleep.” In a welcome change from the norm, arguably the strongest piece appears last: “Bosque” a robust parade of Chain Reaction rattle, tinkling piano chords, and textured noises.
TEXTURA.ORG (september 2006)
RESTAR (CD REVIEW)
...is a neat kaleidoscope of clicks and tones that recalls the early days of low-impact Techno when minimalism could still be counted out in minims. About two tracks in, this gives way to brittle swirls of sound and slowly flickering emotions, just lively enough to hold the attention longer than you´d expect on "Edredon", one of two tracks to feature rough beats and treated guitars. The tempo starts building again on "Desagüe" and the full-bodied pulsing of closer "Bosque"..
THE WIRE, Ken Hollings (september 2006)
RESTAR (CD REVIEW)
Barceona is the home-town for the Testing Ground label as well for the musical solo-project Cineplexx.
Sebastián Litmanovich, born in Buenos Aires (1973) is the driving force behind this band. He made some albums under various other names, such as Amarena Incident (post rock), and Portatile Room Mobile (covers).
Sebastián Litmanovich got some help from his old friends, like Sebastián Kramer and Martin Litmanovich on his latest output entitled Restar. The first impression is that this album is rather techno/dance orientated, though clicks, guitar and piano can be found here occasionally as well. The music is centered around beats that are relatively calm, warm and sort of dry. But it's not a typical dance album, therefore the music is too relaxed and the beats are too dark and too slow. It's a gentle rhythmic
output for listening at home or as lounge decoration. Recommended to those couch potatoes that like complex rhythmic structures with a refined touch..
PHOSPHOR MAGAZINE # 121 (2006)
ROJO & TACHAN (CD compilation by Nosordo)
...However, despite the apparent lack of any binding theme or common purpose, this assortment of instrument odysseys/oddities is well worth your attention..
THE WIRE 259.
ROJO & TACHAN (CD compilation by Nosordo) Full Strike 10 / 10
Words of gold about the Rojo.Tachan.Nosordo compilation CD at Foxy Digitalis.
If a more harmonious compilation ever comes across my path, I will be incredibly shocked. Every song deserves your attention and none try to steal it from each other. Most compilations are simply stepping stools to an artist's greater work; this compilation is an album in its own right.- Eden Hemming Rose
Read full review here: www.foxydigitalis.com. FOXYDIGITALIS.COM.
ROJO & TACHAN (CD compilation by Nosordo)
Filled with seventy-seven minutes of music, this is a true guide of what's going on in the world of less difficult, yet still firmly alternative music. One to get and investigate..."
VITAL WEEKLY 483 PODCAST.
ROJO & TACHAN (CD compilation by Nosordo)
How do you get noticed when your compilation must compete for attention alongside so many others? Put Latex Pussy by German artist Boris Hoppek on the cover, for starters, and then ensure that the music accompanying it captivates too. Generally, that is the case on Rojo.Tachan.Nosordo, a 77-minute, fifteen-track co-operative venture (only two pieces previously released) from the Spanish magazine ROJO and the Nosordo label, primarily because it's a decidedly more folk-based collection than is the norm, with guitar the predominating instrument.
Some pieces hew to a drone style (the crackly violin loops of Kristine Barrett's “Marie Rosa” and the rippling haze of Gregg Kowalsky's “Egress Regret”) while others favour a more traditional yet equally engaging approach; Conduo Orchestra's “Referencia” starts out as a static, glitchy setting of guitars and piano but gradually escalates into a swaying, trumpet-enhanced hoe-down. The bluesy slide melancholia of Det Svenska Folket's “Lang Ferd” is especially effective, as is Ljudbilden & Piloten's lovely “Martin, gracias por la guitarra,” with its delicate guitar plucks sweetened by the soft touch of a melodica and caressed by horns. Contributions by Tuk (Belgian artist Guillaume Graux), Kama Aina, Gros, and Cineplexx (Sebastian Litmanovich) are all credible too.
Rojo.Tachan.Nosordo also includes abrasive settings (Son of Clay's eight-minute dissonant noisescape “Spring to Come” and Henrik Rylander's relentless tsunami of grinding bulldozer pulses, “Transmission of Mechanical Influences with Repetition and Happiness”) which do add contrast but also sully the nuanced and understated ambiance cultivated by the other pieces. Argentinean artist Luis Maurette's “In Between (edit),” a hazy, industrial collage of breathing sounds and field elements, is more palatable but it too pales when heard alongside the eminently more musical “Martin, gracias por la guitarra.” Despite such caveats, the collection offers more than its share of affecting moments. August 2005
TEXTURA.ORG.
ROJO & TACHAN (CD compilation by Nosordo)
Scandinavians Nosordo label releases this compilation in co-operation with the Spanish magazine Rojo - global village anyone? As far as I can see and hear there isn't a theme of any kind connected to this CD, so that this is just a well-packed bunch of laptop artists that also like to tinkle on their guitars ('file under: experimental electronica/electro acoustic/neu folk'). This means that alongside the introspective guitar doodling of Ljudbilden & Piloten, we find Henrik Rylander harsh rhythmic Pan Sonic like grooves. From the rockmusic of Tuk to the glitches of Greg Kowalsky (Osso Bucco) or Conduo Orchestra. From a radioplay set to rhythmic music from DJ Rupture to the more or less serious composed music of Son Of Clay: it's a true hotchpotch of styles, but they all remain in the world of alternative popmusic, be it with guitars and drums or with laptops. Filled with seventy-seven minutes of music, this is a true guide of what's going on in the world of less difficult, yet still firmly alternative music. One to get and investigate, and also with Kristine Barrett, Det Svenska Folket, Tsukimono, Kama Aina, Luis Maurette, Cineplexx, The Idealist and Gros. (FdW)
VITAL /STAALPLAT.COM.
ROJO & TACHAN (CD compilation by Nosordo)
A collaboration with Spanish magazine Rojo and Swedish label Nosordo, this compilation goes through some compelling sounds and songs from different genres (pop, folk, electro, noise etc) but each a foot solidly planted in experimentation. Swedes Conduo Orchestra, Tsukimono, Henrik Rylander, The Idealist and possibly more each give fitting and diverse performances. Definitly an interesting listen. BY Simon Thibaudeau
ITSATRAP.COM.
ROJO & TACHAN (CD compilation by Nosordo)
"Rojo - Tachan" is a collaborative effort between the Spanish audio magazine Rojo and Norwegian label Nosordo. What does it present, you ask? Hmmmm.the short answer would have to be, favourite tracks by the CD's compiler Tomas Melinder. The long answers is a little bit different. These tracks have very little to do with each other. Other for the fact that each one somehow - in its small little way - attempts to break some barrier and can easily be called new music [or dangerous pop music, if you prefer the term]. Son of Clay and his "Spring to Come" gives us a dense, processed fuzzy guitar sound sculpture that makes you all squirmy in your stomach. Tsukimono's "Small is Beautiful [For E.F. Schumacher]" is at the other end of the spectrum. Their whirly guitar schisms are like some sort of an amplified hummingbird flying in front of our ears. Further on, Cineplexx's "Blue Glue" is a melancholic wonder of acoustic delights. Kritine Barrett "Marie Rosa" is a delightfully light piece that features overlapping violins and a stimulating vocal that takes you away to another continent. The compilation ends on a sour note with Gros, who give us an interpretation of an acoustic version of heavily swooshy guitar. The cherry on top of the music is the gorgeous latex pussy cover designed by Boris Hoppek. It's funny how the term post-pop came about in certain press material that arrived with the CD. What's next then, you ask? Post-music or just simply pre- void?
GAZ-ETA.VIVO.PL.
La danza sincronizada de los cacahuetes magnéticos (sonar 2005)
En el área Sonarama ubicada en el Centro de Arte Sta.Mónica, el humor ácido e inteligente del dúo argentino Cineplexx gustó bastante al publico que allí se encontraba a pesar de la gran oferta que habia en otros escenarios del Sónar en ese momento. Su espectáculo denominado "La Danza Sincronizada de los Cacahuetes Magnéticos" es un inquietante documental (imaginario) realizado y ejecutado en vivo, el cual contó con una muy buena selección musical.
POPCHILD .
Distancia, Beisbol, Tres DVD performance / cineplexx, glaznost, aBe, Neasden Control Center & Wevie Stonder.
This year's MECAL Barcelona International Short Film Festival held it's first ever Live Cinema session, presented by ROJO.
Alongside more traditional films competing in the Festival, ROJO presented a trilogy of experimental short films which mixed audio, film and graphics. Located two floors below the ground, the Auditorium was a fitting location for live audio-visual symphony which was ROJO.distancia.beisbol.tres.
Packed to the rafters, those without seats sat in the aisles, or perched on arm-rests. As the lights went down, the projector flickered into action and the magic began.
The show was a mix of digitalised visual and sound technologies edited and projected in real time, bringing together Neasden Control Centre motion graphics and Abe visuals with audio from Glaznost, Cineplexx and Wevie Stonder. Half-lit by the bluish light from their monitors, the artists were deep in concentration, as they put together this unique event in front of our very eyes. Their diverse styles and influences complemented each other to create a deliciously dizzying performance.
As the lights came up, the crowd erupted into applause and lingered in hope of a second helping. Instead they got to take home a free DVD, as a souvenir that they witnessed one of the first public forays into Live Cinema.
As hard- and software increases in speed, visual artists are catching up with the real-time editing capabilities of laptop musicians. The ability to manipulate and generate images instantly is creating a new performance art in the realm of electronic pop culture. As this event demonstrated, experimentation with samples and computers creates a show as unique as real and as unpredictable as any concert or theatre play...
SHIFT (JAPAN), Lotje from Maxalot
Electrocardiograma / cineplexx
The raw muscle of human emotion meets the cold circuitry of modern anatomical medicine, courtesy of Argentina´s Sebastian Litmanovich, whose songs come packaged with a disembodied red heart on its cover and a sequence of electrical pulses on the accompanying insert cards. Subdued meditative compositions, delicately strummed on an acoustic guitar, are enhanced by a melancholic universe of electronic effects. Slide guitar echo and chime deep into the darkness, while korgs drift in and out of the crepuscular mix. Sounds to accompany the slow death of feelings once fondly remembered.
THE WIRE, january 2002 #215, Ken Hollings
"CINEPLEXX Electrocardiograma ****
Electronica is sounding awfully homogeneous these days, but Argentine muso Sebastian Litmanovich -- the sole member of Cineplexx -- is definitely onto something. Comprised of spartan beats, rustling background noise, celestial slide guitar and the unadorned honesty of Litmanovich's voice, the music of Cineplexx is not only unique, but deeply affecting. Electrocardiograma is eerier than 1999's Posologia, as Litmanovich continues to find that precarious balance between the brave new world of electronica and the gritty mythology of folk."
EYE magazine
"....For bands like Mouse on Mars and Matmos, exploiting this old style affords another opportunity to confound listeners. Other artists, however, strive to evoke the rural montages conjured by old-timey folk with modern frills, of course. On Posologia (1999) and the newly released Electrocardiograma, Argentinean songwriter Sebastian Litmanovich who records as Cineplexx casts a more mesmeric version of folktronica. With whispered Spanish vocals and wind-blown production, Litmanovichs records are vivid evocations of a desiccated Patagonian landscape...."
SHIFT magazine
CINEPLEXX POSOLOGIA (ALBUM REVIEW)
Somewhere between delight and horror lies Cineplexx, the new project from up-and-coming Argentine electronic musician Sebastian Litmanovich. On one level, the music on Posologia is the stuff of dreams -- ghostly, breathy Spanish vocals that could have been recorded in a hollow cave weave around sluggish rhythms, woeful, nearly subliminal keyboard/guitar melodies and an almost transparent array of intelligently arranged samples. But slowly, the nightmare rolls in, as a disturbing, off-kilter wash of ambient noise echoes throughout each piece, enveloping, consuming, and blurring the distinctions between post-rock, jazz and techno textures. The end results are at once soothing and unsettling, but it's that bizarre juxtaposition of causes and effects that makes Posologia such a unique and darkly alluring piece of work.
Nov 10, 2000 By M. Tye Comer / CMJ