Nate Young - Regression

Digipack w/ booklet. File under: Wolf Eyes, noise, analog stuff, experimental, electronic. Detroit based Nate Young formed Wolf Eyes as a solo project a bit over ten years ago, probably right after he left Nautical Almenac. He was soon joined by Aaron Dilloway in '98 and John Olson in 2000. Dilloway dissapeared to Nepal and was replaced by Hair Police beast Mike Connely. Enough of the Wolf Eyes history lesson, we are now at 2009 and Young is releasing one of his strongest  works ever, the deep and impressive "Regression" solo album on iDEAL! Analog synths, tape delays, loops - presented in a restrained, relaxed and controlled way. This makes the music even more sick and dark than the WE sound. I guess Young was inspired by vintage horror movie soundtracks, 70's ambient synth stuff and intoxication. These things comes to my mind anyways. Nate Young is here proving that he is covering a wide range of experimental music and that he is no doubt one of the few masterminds in the rougher parts of electronic music. iDEAL is highly recommending this to anyone claiming to be interested in synth and tape music. All right. K i l l e r album! / Grisly noise gemstone of the week is awarded to* Nate Young* for his/ Regression/ (iDEAL RECORDINGS iDEAL076), a devastating collection of seven warpoid analogue electronic noise-globs, laced throughout with grim and anxious emotions and packaged with a double skull on the all-black cover (from which emerge the two helpless arms of a defeated human). The titles and unnaturally twisted sounds do everything that is humanly possible to emulate the effects of sickness, claustrophobia, and other unwelcome forms of bodily discomfort. A great solo statement from this Wolf Eyes founding member, one which really allows his most sickening aspects to shine forth without the distraction of over-amplified explosions and crashing metal noises from the other Wolfsters. Terrific digipack includes a small booklet of abstract paintings, likewise designed to induce nausea via the visual apertures. soundprojector.com.

Tracklisting : 1. Trapped 2. Dread 3. under the skin 4. sweating sickness 5. sweating sickness 2 6. sleep anxiety 7. untitled

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