GreatestBits

Jean Routhier : "Bour2.mp3" (25KB)
Review: Here is the bit I have just heard after the fact. Like Bour2, this one is quite as beat-y but nowhere near as glass-y (I do not mean Philip Glass-y). Texturally I am reminded of Nobukazu Takemura's more contemplative compositions from his “Hoshi No Koe” album (ca. 2001). Maybe Routhier shares the Japanese love of toys and playful sounds that sound like they are minute Transformers. Maybe it is the soundlet itself finally unzipping from its compressed (perhaps it is “CON-pressed”)purgatory in between FTP sites? This file transfer problem is indeed what delayed my review of this particular beatlet. (Jeremy)

Jean Routhier : "cin.mp3" (10KB)
Review: The attack point makes a Toony boop while the tail has some synthy voice violin combo. Very squeeky yet pleasant on the ear. This bit knows how to please. Hardly "cin-ful" unless it is just playing innocent. That possibility can never be ruled out when experiencing these naughty bits. I would also like to generally command Monsieur Routhier for keeping the file size low (even after zipping). Thumbs up for this one for sure. (Jeremy)

Jean Routhier : "cin2.mp3" (12KB)
Review: This bit is truly awesome. One of my faves in the website so far. There is a 3-point tap but somehow the bit retains its individual identity - its singularity. It is a little cartoonish (see Cin.MP3) without being a self-parody and has a very bot-like timbre. Synthy yet not obviously synthy. The bit is crisp without being crusty. I wish my own bits would point more in this direction. In my opinion, this bit is "cin-cere" in its potential as a memorable bit. (Jeremy)

Jean Routhier : "cin3.mp3" (11KB)
Review: Fresh off the high and ecstacy of listening to "cin2.mp3" comes yet another wonderful little trickster of a bit. Just like watching faces in the clouds or listening to ghostly voices in the rusty windshield wipers on a rainy day, the message varies with each repetition - it depends on the ear of the beholder. As I am in a trance from contemplating the 2nd cin (not the original cin), I swore this violinbit was saying "hi". Maybe the next reviews will be written from the asylum. I would not mind if bits like this were speaking to me on regular rotation in the asylum's muzak speakers. This is a bit you could hang out with - in the right (wrong) state of mind, this bit may even gain your trust and you will begin to forget that it being cin-ful, this bit may actually belong to the lower astral-plane. 3 is an occult number after all. 3 times unlucky? I bet Routhier channeled this bit through John Cage's Ouija Board. (Jeremy)

Jean Routhier : "ree.mp3" (8KB)
Review: You can see that this piece of writing is a "Ree-view" of sorts. Cheap puns aside, I am digging this bit in the same way that people dug the look and feel of the ENIAC or the PET computer... This bit sounds very Retro. Stockhausen would drool over this bit's sci-fi seduction. This bit is not that un-rou-ly although the blip, skip and fiddle feel of this bit implies a clunky mechanistic flavour. According to the Ree-d-out, this is 1956 shuffling its way and trading fours at a jazz bistro. (Jeremy)

Jean Routhier : "rou.mp3" (8KB)
Review: I am guessing that the title "Rou" derives from the composer's surname. If this is correct, than this autobiographical impulse that is implied by the name-game allows my imagine to wander and guess that maybe timbrally speaking "Rou" is an autobiographical reference to Jean Routhier scraping out the audio data from his hard drive. This bit sounds very much like a data-source bit...like a raw data file. In this sense, it is a very pure bit and nowhere near as "cin-full" as those in his other series. (Jeremy)

Jean Routhier : "vocer.mp3" (10KB)
Review: I am guessing that just as perceived in "vocerfer" this is a voice (possibly Routhier's) processed through a vocoder with some pulse or beat modulating the waveform carrier. Again if this was made into a loop, I would guess it would be big in the Paris Funk Scene (Around Da World - Daft Punk). Either way, this beatlet deserves some closer scrutiny. (Jeremy)

Jean Routhier : "vocerfer.mp3" (16KB)
Review: Could it be? The voice of Lucifer speaking through a Vocoder? That was my first impression before actually listening to it...My first impression may have been correct. Looks like the MC Lightbringer here has a good groove going. Drumbeats and the dancefloor is the first temptation of the devil. There some definite drum-machine sounds here - not just accidental percussion. Perhaps this bit was sampled somewhere? I am tempted to find out. Not much of a bit but I certainly want to know more about this little beatnik. (Jeremy)


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The featured bits on the BitBoard are presented in two categories: NuBits and ClassicBits.	Jean Routhier : "Bour2.mp3" (25KB) Review: Here is the bit I have just heard after the fact. Like Bour2, this one is quite as beat-y but nowhere near as glass-y (I do not mean Philip Glass-y). Texturally I am reminded of Nobukazu Takemura's more contemplative compositions from his “Hoshi No Koe” album (ca. 2001). Maybe Routhier shares the Japanese love of toys and playful sounds that sound like they are minute Transformers. Maybe it is the soundlet itself finally unzipping from its compressed (perhaps it is “CON-pressed”)purgatory in between FTP sites? This file transfer problem is indeed what delayed my review of this particular beatlet. (Jeremy) Jean Routhier : "cin.mp3" (10KB) Review: The attack point makes a Toony boop while the tail has some synthy voice violin combo. Very squeeky yet pleasant on the ear. This bit knows how to please. Hardly "cin-ful" unless it is just playing innocent. That possibility can never be ruled out when experiencing these naughty bits. I would also like to generally command Monsieur Routhier for keeping the file size low (even after zipping). Thumbs up for this one for sure. (Jeremy) Jean Routhier : "cin2.mp3" (12KB) Review: This bit is truly awesome. One of my faves in the website so far. There is a 3-point tap but somehow the bit retains its individual identity - its singularity. It is a little cartoonish (see Cin.MP3) without being a self-parody and has a very bot-like timbre. Synthy yet not obviously synthy. The bit is crisp without being crusty. I wish my own bits would point more in this direction. In my opinion, this bit is "cin-cere" in its potential as a memorable bit. (Jeremy) Jean Routhier : "cin3.mp3" (11KB) Review: Fresh off the high and ecstacy of listening to "cin2.mp3" comes yet another wonderful little trickster of a bit. Just like watching faces in the clouds or listening to ghostly voices in the rusty windshield wipers on a rainy day, the message varies with each repetition - it depends on the ear of the beholder. As I am in a trance from contemplating the 2nd cin (not the original cin), I swore this violinbit was saying "hi". Maybe the next reviews will be written from the asylum. I would not mind if bits like this were speaking to me on regular rotation in the asylum's muzak speakers. This is a bit you could hang out with - in the right (wrong) state of mind, this bit may even gain your trust and you will begin to forget that it being cin-ful, this bit may actually belong to the lower astral-plane. 3 is an occult number after all. 3 times unlucky? I bet Routhier channeled this bit through John Cage's Ouija Board. (Jeremy) Jean Routhier : "ree.mp3" (8KB) Review: You can see that this piece of writing is a "Ree-view" of sorts. Cheap puns aside, I am digging this bit in the same way that people dug the look and feel of the ENIAC or the PET computer... This bit sounds very Retro. Stockhausen would drool over this bit's sci-fi seduction. This bit is not that un-rou-ly although the blip, skip and fiddle feel of this bit implies a clunky mechanistic flavour. According to the Ree-d-out, this is 1956 shuffling its way and trading fours at a jazz bistro. (Jeremy) Jean Routhier : "rou.mp3" (8KB) Review: I am guessing that the title "Rou" derives from the composer's surname. If this is correct, than this autobiographical impulse that is implied by the name-game allows my imagine to wander and guess that maybe timbrally speaking "Rou" is an autobiographical reference to Jean Routhier scraping out the audio data from his hard drive. This bit sounds very much like a data-source bit...like a raw data file. In this sense, it is a very pure bit and nowhere near as "cin-full" as those in his other series. (Jeremy) Jean Routhier : "vocer.mp3" (10KB) Review: I am guessing that just as perceived in "vocerfer" this is a voice (possibly Routhier's) processed through a vocoder with some pulse or beat modulating the waveform carrier. Again if this was made into a loop, I would guess it would be big in the Paris Funk Scene (Around Da World - Daft Punk). Either way, this beatlet deserves some closer scrutiny. (Jeremy) Jean Routhier : "vocerfer.mp3" (16KB) Review: Could it be? The voice of Lucifer speaking through a Vocoder? That was my first impression before actually listening to it...My first impression may have been correct. Looks like the MC Lightbringer here has a good groove going. Drumbeats and the dancefloor is the first temptation of the devil. There some definite drum-machine sounds here - not just accidental percussion. Perhaps this bit was sampled somewhere? I am tempted to find out. Not much of a bit but I certainly want to know more about this little beatnik. (Jeremy)

	Jeremy Turner & Janne Vanhanen 2004