Gish - Billion

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3...according to our Business Lady on Wed 22 Dec, 2010.

Gish is a mysterious entity with significant pedigree in the underground experimental music scene. S/He (?) has had a number of releases on Dirty Demos and Krayon and now it's Dead Pilot who have taken up the mantle on 'Billion'. This one is a serious exercise in minimalist sound manipulation and sustained drones. The album begins with a cheeky percussive flurry that eventually gives way for a selection of ambient tones and glacial soundscapes. The majority of it sounds like manipulated guitar sustain but other treatments include subtle distortions, mild static hums and possibly treated vocals. It's a blissful affair unburdened by any consistent noise element and very much consistent with Eno's vision of a ambient drone utopia. Peaceful stuff. Oh, it's really long and it comes in a brown paper package all tied up with string, which incidentally are two of my favorite things.

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Fantastic album from veteran of the UK underground scene, having released music on Dirty Demos and Krayon Recordings and toured with the band Sunshine Republic, Gish brings us 5 tracks of glorious experimentalism and sound art. Beginning with a frantic and uneasy burst of percussion, the album takes us through various soundscapes and textural sustains that range from minimal glassy tones accompanied by shifting static to huge waves of fractured psychedelic distortion. Every idea is perfectly executed and explored limitlessly without ever become tiresome or self indulgent. This is a gripping listen from start to finish that will please fans of noise, ambient and experimentalism.

CDr edition of 100 in screen printed, hand numbered gatefold card sleeve tied with string.

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