xdementiaPost subject: V/A – 24 Febuary 3”CDR
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:11 pmV/A – 24 Febuary 3”CDR
610 Noise: http://www.610noise.org/
Overall Rating: B
Composition: B-
Sounds: B
Production Quality: B
Concept: B
packaging: B+
To start, the artwork on this release is tasteful and concise but a bit hard to read. I like the small touches like the paper being sewn together on the edges, it really adds a personal feel to the whole affair. So here we have 4 artists contributing to this compilation on, a 3 inch CDR! This makes for pretty short tracks but the time is well spent because it's a solid introduction to the participants. The only act I am familiar with on here is Harm Stryker who's material I generally enjoy so I come in with expectations for the rest of the artists featured here.
First up is MFM with “The Old Cups” a track that strikes me as having an organic kind of feel going on, with a cheap droning echo draped over it like an old rug hung out to dry. I somehow get the feeling of an old abandoned Victorian mansion from this track and at 9 minutes it tends to get a little slow towards the end but overall it keeps me interested. The general sound is that of echoing detuned stringed instruments accompanied by shiny synths with a bit of a lo-fi feel that works quite well. Add to the mix some sparse percussion and it all comes together with a blurry haze of nostalgia.
Failure of a Great Machine follows with an untitled track sounding like some kind of subdued industrial using what is perhaps D.I.Y. gear. It has a good bit going on but the different elements kind of seem to just be “there” without much purpose. The main LFO modulated drone is annoying and wears out quickly rendering the track useless. Some of the noisier elements are passable but overall it seems to be lacking much effort and emotion.
Another untitled track follows, this one the shortest on the disc and provided by Harm Stryker. Basically what's to be expected from them, whirling mechanical whirs and beeps, blips and bloops combined with stunted low end hums. I enjoy the noisier metallic drones that are presented in the end but they're cut off before they are allowed to expand on it more, the disadvantages of doing a comp on a 3” CDR I guess.
Looks like 610 Noise left the best for last here because Diana Belhke's “The Second of June 1900” is a solid track featuring saturated industrial hums, and heavily distorted rhythmic pounding with subtle droning vocals that makes for a track sounding like a mixture of Women In Tragedy and Megaptera. It's something simple but I like the way it starts out noisy then is eventually stripped down to a whirring hum with what's left of the percussion allowing the vocals to come out more. Definitely an effective delivery and leaving me quite curious about this artist, I'd like to hear more.
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