Samartzis is largely known for his delicate and spacious compositions of field recordings and sine tones-recent collaborations with Sachiko M, Kozo Inada, and contributions to the Synaeathesia's Strewth! and Dorobo's grain compilations are fine examples). Two attributes that tend to get hung on Samartzis' work absent in this release are excessive duration and an "ineffabl(e) quiet"(Jonathan Marshall, Artefact review). Clocking in at 11 tracks each falling between 44 seconds and 8 minutes 12 seconds and all of relatively loud volume, this initially appears a massive departure for Samartzis. The sonic territory colonised by this record includes occasional interludes of guitar and synth melodies alongside what sounds like electric insects and genuine field recordings. Every track could belong to a different genre, a highly fragmentary experience. Fortunately, this is not the case; Fluorescent deftly juxtaposes an astonishing variety of sounds without ever rupturing the gestalt of the whole. This sonic coherence and subdued drama, seem to spring from the same source, form. Evidencing a precise sensibility that avoids dramatic build-ups and expansive drones, Fluorescent shifts about via a matrix of cinematic hard-cuts and cross-fades. This is where Samartzis' influence is unmistakable. The clearest cinematic reference I can provide here is Jean-Luc Godard's Nouvelle Vague, where François Musy's sound design exhibits a similar sensibility regarding the placement and timing of cuts.
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		So without placing Fluorescent in the same box as the many "soundtracks for imaginary films"-none of which have ever exhibited the slightest conceptual understanding of what a soundtrack is-Fluorescent does suggest an abstract cinematic experience, where the synthetic has become indistinguishable from the natural, a supercharged and over-heated aural reality. Phillip Pietruschka (Earbash) t r a c k l i s t : 1_   skuldrenes skygger.     5m18s 2_   figen-mund.     5m34s 3_   hudens åbning.     8m03s 4_   kurver, rundinger, former.     0m44s 5_   huden spænder formen ud.     2m07s 6_   knæ-formet pulsering.     4m28s 7_   lyd af hudens fugtighed.     7m30s 8_   saltet giver sveden smag.     3m56s 9_   øjet smager huden, huden smager tungen.     3m24s 10_   øjet giver kødet smag.     4m55s 11_   bevægelsen giver formen liv.     8m12s