{"id":8498,"date":"2014-12-05T12:57:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=8498"},"modified":"2014-12-05T13:05:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T18:05:25","slug":"shredded-nerve-retention-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=8498","title":{"rendered":"Shredded Nerve – Retention 7″"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shredded Nerve<\/a> – Retention 7″<\/p>\n

Torn Light<\/a><\/p>\n

Shredded Nerve is the newer project of noise artist Justin Lakes who previously performed as Pusdrainer and collaborated under a few other project names. This new project marks a turn in direction for Lakes as he has shed the pure harsh noise worship of his previous project and now embraced a more loop-based musique concrete style of experimental sound while still keeping some elements of industrial and noise.<\/p>\n

The first track Mind Begins to Crumble as Dots are Connected (Alternate)<\/i> – which takes up all of side A – is a persistent loop seemingly culled from a field recording. It continues for the bulk of the track but it is carefully chosen and edited so as not to wear on the senses. What would normally be a pitfall for many noise artists is actually a strength in Lakes’ case. Eventually distorted textures leak in and by the very end we are exposed to a blast of harsh sounds.<\/p>\n

Side B’s Retention<\/i> follows a similar formula but now with a few more layers. This time the introductory loop is overtaken much more quickly with blasts of industrial noise – not necessarily heavy but somewhat harsh. Along the way textures of squishy experimental synthesizers take over.<\/p>\n

Retention is academic music for scumfucks. It’s filthy, dirty, lo-fi, yet delicate and well composed at the same time. Unlike Pusdrainer there is a fair amount of restraint and – dare I say it – “retention” featured in these tracks. This is a step into a new realm for Lakes and he enters with guns blazing. Because these tracks are quite short it makes me very curious what Lakes could do with a longer track format because I think this style is more apt to that. Parallels can be drawn to acts like Devillock, Failing Lights, and Diaphragm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/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":"

Shredded Nerve – Retention 7″
\nTorn Light
\nShredded Nerve is the newer project of noise artist Justin Lakes who previously performed as Pusdrainer and collaborated under a few other project names. This new project marks a turn in direction for Lakes as he has shed the pure harsh noise worship of his previous project and now embraced a more loop-based musique concrete style of experimental sound while still keeping some elements of industrial and noise.
\nThe first track Mind Begins to Crumble as Dots are Connected (Alternate) – which takes up all of …<\/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-8498","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\/8498","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=8498"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8504,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8498\/revisions\/8504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}