OPERATION: MINDWIPE -INSTRUMENTAL TRANSKOMMUNIKATION (CD by Furnace)
Subtitled: The science of transforming the energy of the dead into an
audible/visual image. ..not a rather joyful theme. File Under Industrial it says
on the sticker. O:M is a solo project from Darryl Hell of Abstinence, whose two
CD’s on Furnace I didn’t find of much interest. This CD with its 3 tracks is
more interesting. Long stretched fields of layered noises and far away metal
percussion is indeed quiet industrial stuff (and luckily not in the US sense of
the word) .The 3 compositions do not go anywhere, they are rather there. To me
it has a rather improvised character, but again: not bad at all. Address:
Silent@sirius.com
MAEROR TRI -OUSIA (7″ by White Noise)
MAEROR TRI – PHYEIN (7″ by Fool’s Paradise)
Next to Daniel Menche, Maeror Tri are the fastest rising stars in the field of
industrial with an ever growing set of releases at hand. Here are two limited
released 7″s in handmade packages. the one by White Noise is between two layers
of cork with a strap of paper, the vinyl itself is white (obviously if you are
on such a label) .The ‘Ousia’ is dark noisy, almost like a whole orchestra
drowned in reverb. The ‘Mystagogus’ opens with a drone of a more lighter nature
with guitars being played (in and out phase with itself) .The other 7″ has a
hand-painted cover with a fake hologram and is black vinyl. ‘Physis’ starts out
with machine like rhythm (like something being played manually) with quite heavy
guitars swirling in and out. Guitars play also a role on the other side ‘Phyein’
, but more in the, now already, renown, Maeror Tri drone style. Again two great
7″s. Watch out for Maeror Tri’s 12 hour performance in Arnhem (The Netherlands)
at the AVE festival!
Address: White Noise – 19 Rue Colson – 21000 Dijon – France
Address: Fool’s Paradise -P.O. Box 6003- London W2 2WE – UK
DELPHIUM/SHEEPHEAD (split 7″ by Aquese Recordings)
Another limited edition 7″ on a small label that specializes in guitar oriented
experimental music. Delphium has three tracks. ‘Hymn’ sounds like phased guitar
drones, while ‘Song For. ..’ features also sampled sounds and is a bit
orchestral (a bit overdone according to my taste) .’Swirl’ , the final track on
their side is like a sad song. Sheephead, a newcomer to this kind of music, has
an 8 minute on going piece of tribalesque drums, and ethnic chanting (taped from
radio’s?) .In all its strangeness a good piece. Address: Aquese Recordings -13
Warren Close -Sandhurst -Camberley -Surrey -GU 17 8EL – UK
PGR -THE MMORNING BOOK OF SERPENTS (CD by Silent)
Again a new CD by PGR. ..? Recently the 5 year old work ‘A Hole Of Unknown
Depth’ was released, and this one just came before or after that one. As this is
only PGR’s home label, the cover tells us that ‘A Hole’ is probably lost. So 3
tracks from that CD are included here, but as far as I can tell in different
mixes. The other 6 pieces are also old pieces, delved from the archives.
Listening to this, I realized the importance of PGR once more: the band
experimented with ambient sound in an industrial context, before the word
ambient was being hyped by so many dance artists. One could say that through
industrial music, ambient lived up until today and is now widely known (and
meaningless) . Except for the lst track on this CD (which is a rather dull
improvised piece), all other tracks show PGR’s skill in treating sound in
stretched out fields of layered ambient noise. A beautiful testament. Address:
Silent@sirius.com
DIGIDUB- 16 MILLIONS OF AN INCH (CD by Incoming!)
On my favourite label of the moment a CD by a London collective of dub and
soundsystem people, Digidub. The first track is a killer right away, with wicked
violins playing. Most of the other tracks live up to the band name, so expect a
lot of dub music. On the lOth track was quite disappointing, which is like a bad
industrial imitation. For the rest: buy it now.
Address: <lOO421.647@compuserve.com>
MEEUW (7″ by Meeuw Muzak)
A ‘Meeuw’ is a seagull in Dutch. Hailing from the Roman Catholic parts of
Holland, this 7″ deals with religion. Both sides have a drone of wacked
churchorgan playing. The cover unfortunately in Dutch, deals also with religious
themes (to built your own altar to play this record on). This is more conceptual
fun.
Address: Meeuw Muzak -Weth. van Caldenborghlaan 22- 6226 BT Maastricht -The
Netherlands