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Times Of Malta October 2006 "In Jan Svankmajer's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, caterpillars are socks and the white rabbit is continuously losing his stuffing! Most of the characters scuttle about and tons of sound effects are littered everywhere. Pity that he didn't commission Matthew Rozeik and Ylid to do the soundtrack. Their joint EP is filled with clicks, whirrs, beeps and blips. These four tracks conjur images of demented creatures running about. Add that to animal noises and minuscule sounds and you've got something both creepy and enchanting. Although both artistes have lots in common the Rozeik tracks are minimal and sparse while the Ylid compositions allow for more experimentation and are slightly noisier. There is something quite haunting about this EP. It's nightmarish (but not quite) world is for you to discover."
Losing Today magazine August 2006 "More essential Static Caravan goodies - in fact so many here that we could have easily done a Singled Out entirely made up of Static Caravan releases. A split release of sorts with both Matthew Rozeik and Ylid contributing two tracks apiece. Strictly limited to just 200 copies - and by way of having the Static Caravan badge of honour adorning it sure to sell out in the blink of an eye. Still much loving of that recent freebie download of ‘Oh Lord give me another brain’ which was made available via those nice people at High Point Low Life and was essentially reinterpretations of Rozeik’s work by such luminaries as Maps + Diagrams, d_rradio, Ylid and Bauri, Mr Rozeik has been honing his musical finesse for a fair few years now, sculpturing classically carved scores for short films as well as releasing an enviable body of work for labels such as Awkward Silence and Cactus Island. ‘How do I find you’ and ‘Community Service’ see Rozeik marinating his love for classical treated guitar arrangements sumptuously to the wiles of electronica to create a decidedly disarming and unworldly sonic hybrid that gently nibbles between the outer spherical folds of dream like rustic pop and the ornately glacial sparseness proffered by the minimalist engagement of electronics. The former providing a hollowed spectacle of lunatic charm the latter a whirling cortege like squelching ice trodden delicatessen of surreal hijacks more associated with the Animal Collective as though on the set of Camberwick Green. Ylid is better known to both kith and kin as Bristol based musician Rob Lyon whose releases for Awkward Silence, Cactus Island and Sutemos have secured him a place as one of the finest exponents amid the electronica underground. ’I stole you’ the second of his two offerings has to be heard to be believed, achingly beautiful it scars the emotions with its heavily hung demeanour, spectral arpeggios flicker and flirt amid stealth like chattering beats together they assume a dream like dynamic that softly shimmers teasingly close ands yet forlornly far all the time threading itself through your defences burrowing deep in your psyche like some bewitched spell. In sharp contrast ’Wet Faces’ appears to gallop at some pace towards some unseen given point, on first hearing a fractured canvas of oddly ill fitting strummed guitar loops and distracting sound manipulations that strangely begin to take root and make weird sense several listens in and like Rozeik’s ’Community Service’ paying an undoubted nod of debt to NY’s Animal Collective. Of course goes without saying it’s all utterly essential."
The Wire magazine issue 267 May 2006
"It would be a mistake to view this four track EP from friends Rozeik and Ylid as a split release, even though they both contribute two songs apiece. Close friends and secret sharers of a common muse, this is not the first time that they've worked together in such a fashion, blending guitars, strings and the subtlest of rhythmic beds into finely crafted songs. Of the two, Rozeik, with a background in composing soundtracks for short films, has the melodic edge, favouring smoother lines and more arresting arrangements. In return, Ylid goes a little deeper into the click and the cut, but it's what draws the two together that gives this project its distinctive edge."
Velvet Grooves magazine June 2006 "A joint project by both, beautiful music topped with beautiful packaging - this is an EP which was eagerly awaited by myself. The two standout tracks, How I Find You and Wet Faces are both folkish melodies (Wet Faces being the more abstract one), thrown into the usual electronic devices and manipulated in such a way they come out sounding fantastic. How I Find You starts off quietly with a subtle keyboard building off into a climatic orchestral style ending, kinda bringing Sufjan to my mind, without the vocals. Wet Faces is the more acoustic track, purposely out of tune with the crackle backing layer - it would nicely fit in the soundtrack to a disturbing, Lynch directed western."
Smallfish records
"A tasty pairing here on Static Caravan's lastest limited edition release. The blend of Matthew Rozeik and Ylid is potent to say the least and there's a great deal of pleasure to be gleaned from this little beauty. Using an organic Electronica style, both artists convey a sense of depth and warmth in their tracks whilst keeping a healthy amount of experimentalism in place. At times it could almost be a slightly more potty Animal Collective and at others it's more of a sweeping, crunchy classic sound which would be at home on Cactus Island. Whatever... these tracks are superb and very engaging and this release comes highly recommended"
Norman's records
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