{"id":3876,"date":"2011-10-26T19:35:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T23:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2011-10-26T19:35:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T23:35:54","slug":"buildings-mountains-summer-gut-string-cdr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=3876","title":{"rendered":"Buildings & Mountains – Summer Gut String CDR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Buildings & Mountains<\/a> – Summer Gut String CDR<\/p>\n

Self Released<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a hefty CDR with a menagerie of different sounds and styles. These tracks remind me a lot of the varied albums of Coil but there are moments of heavy experimentation, Muslimgauze-like beats, and even more melodic ambient pieces featured here.<\/p>\n

It took a few listens to really fall in with what was going on here but after delving into it a few times I can safely say I find this release thoroughly enjoyable. The first few tracks lean more to the electro-Muslimgauze style with Suspended<\/i> being the odd one out. Of course the track is also my favorite, with it’s dark and ominous sound yet including a lot more musical characteristics. The track reminds me of Coil’s Amethyst Deceivers<\/i>.<\/p>\n

All the tracks are quite engaging and some outright surprising. The sound design in Blood Dirt<\/i> is especially appealing with it’s metallic synth textures. There is an overall lo-fi vibe to Summer Gut String which is most apparently reflected in the packaging, but at the same time the production is crisp and clear – yet noisy and over driven when it needs to be. More experimental tracks like the meandering Part II<\/i> – which features guitars, bubbling synths, and clattering kitchen-ware percussion – help to break up the more 4\/4 beat oriented electro tracks.<\/p>\n

This isn’t noise or industrial yet it’s definitely engaging and creative. Buildings & Mountains genre hops quite a bit on this CDR but it doesn’t phase me and instead keeps an air of unpredictability about the sound. Certainly a talented artist that will have a broader appeal than just the noise scene. I could see this blowing up some day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packaging:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\" <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Buildings & Mountains – Summer Gut String CDR
\nSelf Released
\nHere’s a hefty CDR with a menagerie of different sounds and styles. These tracks remind me a lot of the varied albums of Coil but there are moments of heavy experimentation, Muslimgauze-like beats, and even more melodic ambient pieces featured here.
\nIt took a few listens to really fall in with what was going on here but after delving into it a few times I can safely say I find this release thoroughly enjoyable. The first few tracks lean more to the electro-Muslimgauze …<\/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-3876","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\/3876","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=3876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3880,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3876\/revisions\/3880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}