xdementiaPost subject: Chefkirk – Analysis of Anxiety CDR
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:34 pmChefkirk – Analysis of Anxiety CDR: http://www.bek.no/~tibprod/chefkirk.htm
Krakilsk: http://www.krakilsk.org
Overall Rating: D
Composition: D+
Sounds: D+
Production Quality: F
Concept: C
Packaging: C
Chefkirk has once again succeeded in topping every artist I have ever heard before in making probably the most annoying album I have ever heard. It is of course advertised on the booklet that “all tracks are untitled and recorded strait to hard disc” when are people going to understand that this isn't really something you want to advertise unless you've created something worthwhile? The last time I can think of being really impressed with a note like that was in Merzbow's Pulse Demon. Most of the time, I see that and brace myself for something that I'm not going to like.
This sounds exactly like someone sat down, hooked up some pedals/mixer, etc. and starting recording onto their hard drive. If that's the kind of thing you're into, here you have it. The sounds are very similar throughout the work, usually alternating between extremely plain and harsh high-end frequency feedback and pushing mid-range pedal feedback. Really boring stuff, I feel like I've heard these sounds a thousand times and the way they're arranged does absolutely nothing for me.
On top of what feels like a total lack of inspiration, the production quality here is also terrible with the signal left channel being extremely weak and the right being almost the loudest recording I've ever heard. It just makes the annoying sounds even more so, and seems to be a blatant error that makes the fact that this was released even more embarrassing.
I've felt like over the last few releases Chefkirk has been refining his sound quite a bit and succeeding in recording a harsher, more streamlined approach. Adding a cohesiveness that he seemed unable to match in his cryptic and mostly scatterbrained concepts. “Analaysis of Anxiety” is most definitely a step in the wrong direction and it's too bad because I like the simple yet effective packaging with artwork that, surprise, isn't pixelated and is actually cut to fit in the sleeve.
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