{"id":2091,"date":"2011-01-15T16:16:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T21:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2011-01-17T11:31:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T16:31:35","slug":"va-localized-epidemic-c16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=2091","title":{"rendered":"V\/A – Localized Epidemic C16"},"content":{"rendered":"

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V\/A – Localized Epidemic C16<\/p>\n

Insides Music<\/a><\/p>\n

Localized Epidemic is a quick little compilation featuring harsh noise and power electronics from Minneapolis which seems to have quite a burgeoning scene. All-in-all this is a very solid release with no real weak points anywhere and a good introduction to a number of artists that I was not familiar with.<\/p>\n

The tracks are short, generally clocking in just over the 2 minute mark. Probably my favorite track here is the opener Grin<\/i> by Gnawed. There’s just something about the vocals and the lyrics that come together perfectly. After a quick follow-up from Spicoli that features some textured harsh noise, Disthroned Agony breaks in with an over-the-top orgy of distortion and screams. Once again a shorty, but a goody. Closing things on side A is Wince with Tense Panic<\/i> featuring a strange intro of collage sound fx which soon degenerates into a blast of lo-fi distortion and repetitive loops.<\/p>\n

Side B is just as strong with Seth Ryan kicking things off and offering up a heavy set of well composed industrial power electronics. Although you could mistake the name Violator X for a nu metal band, make no mistake this is some excellent Steel Hook Prostheses-incluenced death industrial which makes great use of frequency spectra to form a well-controlled wall of layered drones and intense vocals. Ice Volt closes things up with Shut It<\/i> a wallowing monolith of noise that ends with some Bastard Noise styled little monster vocals. A fitting conclusion to this solid compilation.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure this is sold out by now, but if you can grab it I definitely recommend it. Localized Epidemic offers in depth insight into a seemingly very underrated scene and provides some excellent introductions to the featured artists. For fans of harsh noise, power electronics, and heavy industrial only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packaging:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\" <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

V\/A – Localized Epidemic C16
\nInsides Music
\nLocalized Epidemic is a quick little compilation featuring harsh noise and power electronics from Minneapolis which seems to have quite a burgeoning scene. All-in-all this is a very solid release with no real weak points anywhere and a good introduction to a number of artists that I was not familiar with.
\nThe tracks are short, generally clocking in just over the 2 minute mark. Probably my favorite track here is the opener Grin by Gnawed. There’s just something about the vocals and the lyrics that come …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-webzine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2091"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091\/revisions\/2108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}