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About Me

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Music:

Member Since: 09/04/2006
Band Website: www.neartheparenthesis.com
Influences: ELECTRONIC (forward): AEM, Arc Lab, Arovane, Album Leaf, Autechre, Bitcrush, B Fleischman, Casino vs Japan, Delarosa and Asora, Desormais, Isan, Last Days, Loess, L'Usine, Manual, Marumari, Max Richter, Mr. Projectile, Murcof, Plaid, Pakku, Ulrich Schnauss, Velapene Screen, Yoko Solo

OTHERS (backward): Xymox, Tristeza, Tortoise, Sigur Ros, Six Parts Seven, Radiohead, Public Enemy, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Machines of Loving Grace, Lush, Laurie Anderson, Jeniferever, Her Space Holiday, Golden Palominos, Fugazi, Film School, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Clash, Brian Eno, Benoit Pioulard, Afghan Whigs
Sounds Like: music, hopefully
Record Label: n5MD, MMBP, Duotone
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Resident Advisor Review - LEixample

Near the Parenthesis' third full-length has dragged me deep into the conundrum of interpretation. You see, much of this review is unavoidably influenced by title conditioningthe infiltration of the s...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:33:00 GMT

Cyclic Defrost Review - LEixample

Unlike several electronic artists who happen to be blessed with prolificacy, Tim Arndt continually delivers incredibly polished and lush material on his instrumental releases as Near The Parenthesis. ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:31:00 GMT

Textura Review - Of Soft Construction

I'm starting to think that every n5MD product should come stamped with a shiny 'Quality Guaranteed' sticker, given how consistently solid its output has been the past year. These two new releases, tho...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT

AngryApe Review - Of Soft Construction

San Francisco's Near The Parenthesis offers up a real lesson in restraint on his sophomore release Of Soft Construction, blending a sound that floats gently somewhere between Boards of Canada's nosta...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:39:00 GMT

Cyclic Defrost Review - Go Out and See

In much the same way as Akira Inagawa..s 2005 Lambent project These Days, the debut solo endeavour of San Franciscan musical multi-tasker Tim Arndt, Go Out and See, is one of those records that just w...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:39:00 GMT

XLR8R Review - Go Out and See

[Near The Parenthesis'] taste for deep, layered musical compositions combined with his musical background make for soundscapes that drift between ethereal and melancholy so skillfully it's impossible ...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:28:00 GMT

Textura Review - Go Out and See

Interestingly, Near the Parenthesis (San Francisco-based electronic musician Tim Arndt) creates music that shares many of the same qualities one encounters in Isan. Both acts produce immaculate tracks...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:24:00 GMT