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...according to our Phil on Thu 19 Aug, 2010.
This is some pretty out there gear recorded by Tom Darksmith. It's made/constructed by tape, voice, records, radio guitar, drums, objects and domestic and field recordings. The vast majority of it though doesn't really sound like that... It sounds like a load of zombies and mental patients milling about for an hour in a small room. It's a good sound and if that very accurate description of the music contained excites you then you should get this beast! It's dark as well... Did I say that? It comes in a slightly oversized fat plastic CD case thing, the likes of which I've never encountered. Today is a special day.
CD reissue of quickly sold out debut vinyl from California sound artist Tom Darksmith. Crude musique concrète made using tapes, voice, records, radio, guitar, drums, objects, domestic and field recordings. Assembled on cassette four track 2008-2009. A disturbing collection of sounds...lots of sounds...unknown sounds...I have no clue what is going on on this record....Tom says there is guitar, drums, etc on this...but I don't hear them...what I hear is: The sound of my neighbor weedwacking, the sound of being zipped into a suitcase then shipped via train, ghost voices roaming in sewers, the sound of riding in a helicopter with mid-grade noise reduction earmuffs on, a shitty metal door being locked on a crew of mumbling idiots...and every now and again...a garbage disposal....this is what I hear....no clue what you will hear. A total mystery of perfectly paced organization of dirt sound...not harsh...not mellow...just dirty, weird, and confusing...and to quote the sleevenotes of the first few QUEEN LP's....'No Synthesizers!'.
Recommended for fans of Yeast Culture, Agog, Joe Colley, Graham Lambkin, Jason Lescalleet, Hands To, etc...
Packaged in a black poly jewelcase.
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