May 13, 2008 | Arc Lab Reviews, Reviews |
“Medard Fischer’s third Arc Lab album ranges so widely, it invites descriptors such as “genre-defying” or, perhaps most appropriately, “genre-transcending.” Some common threads do run throughout, however, one in particular being the material’s...May 13, 2008 | Arc Lab Reviews, Reviews |
“Though Arc Lab’s 2007 release “No Spectre” displayed potent levels of production prowess, the emotional aspects one has come to expect from an n5MD release didn’t quite reach the same mark. On his second outing for the Californian imprint, Torontonian Medard...May 13, 2008 | Arc Lab Reviews, Reviews |
“Medard Fischer was initially motivated by architecture to begin the Arc Lab project and wrote songs as “musings on the interplay between structurally defined space and musical expression,” by his own admission. On Fischer’s third full-length,...Apr 13, 2008 | Arc Lab Reviews, Reviews |
“It’s a huge step forward, synthetic elements only serve as the auxiliary material to realize the ideas of the musician and to support the acoustic line. Despite the discrepant feelings, open conventionality of the sound, the album doesn’t lose its...