Dialing In - The Islamic Bomb

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5...according to our Business Lady on Thu 27 Aug, 2009.

Dialing in is the work of Reita Piecuch and 'The Islamic Bomb' is her third album to date. Inspired by her travels across the world (in this case Pakistan), Rieta creates her unique drones by manipulating field recordings and mashing them with obscure old records. The press release will give you some idea of the methods involved in creating the music so i'll try and give you an idea of how it sounds. 'The Islamic Bomb' is meditation drone processed in an ultra lo-fi style. It's almost completely devoid of traditional song structure and melody yet it has a hypnotic quality that i find very appealing. Totally mashed vocal samples merge with odd synth tones and twisted loops to create a tranquil tapestry that only occasional drifts into dark territory. Ultimately difficult to pin down 'The Islamic terrorist' is an excellent example of an artist intent on re-inventing the process of sound manipulation using only the most archaic of methods. For fans of Skaters, James Farrero, Growing, Predator Vision and other ambient innovators of the modern age.

Long awaited third album The Islamic Bomb. This amazing LP comes on jade green vinyl and is sure to fry your mind just as fast as the hot summer sun. Reita Piecuch transforms field recordings from her extensive travels through south Asia into dense, static-barbed walls of drone through a variety of arcane and archaic methods of sound transformation. Instead of using a sampler, Reita's collection of odd and classic vinyl is mangled by pieces of scotch tape across the grooves, allowing her to capture samples of everything from Soviet 78s and Bollywood to classic rock and folk onto cassettes. When moving to cassette, the four track becomes her instrument, allowing her to transform the sound by speed and pitch and through layering with other sounds. The backdrop for all this tape fuckupery is the inspiration of her travels through Asia. By mixing audible snapshots of her journeys with piano, harmonium, and her collection of samples, Piecuch creates an amazingly textured and unique sound. The new album, The Islamic Bomb, uses recordings from her recent trip to Pakistan. Calls to prayer from the Islamic muezzin become movements so Antarctic they slow the heart. Disintegrated loops of fast-talking boys on the street become jittery Ata Kak rythms, masterfully meshed with slow drifts of muffled piano. The Islamic Bomb is Dialing In's third album following previous releases on Pseudo Arcana (Cows in Lye, 2006) and Celebrate Psi Phenomenon (Ketalysergicmetha Mother, 2005). It is undoubtedly her most restrained, meditative, and mature work to date. Jade green vinyl, and limited to 500 copies.

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