Helhesten - Same Maker

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4...according to our Brian on Thu 06 Jan, 2011.

Yes, this is interesting. Camped quite neatly within the realms of free forest folk and meandering improv, Same Maker is a reasonably lo-fi set of wayward, tripped out non-music. Tendrils of guitar feedback flutters and buzzes whilst a detached voice intones somewhat incomprehensible mumblings blended with random vocal dronings. There's some nice measured use of reed instrumentation which adds to the haunted woodland copse feel, the wailing voice becoming more agitated and questioning on the periphery, the organic sounds mingling with those huge slabs of eerie space. This is a very odd CD which will have friends convinced you're into some witchy incantation craziness. I think I'm enjoying it quite a lot but am a little bit unsure whether I could sit through a full performance of this freeform creepiness.

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'New studio album from Helhesten represents one of their most spectral investigations into liminal tongue, with a deep, hazy production style that situates a-formal vocal improvisations on the periphery of sound and sense while reeds and unidentifiable body noises rise and fall in the background. The closest comparison is possibly This Heat circa “Not Waving” or even early-Volcano The Bear but with a much more minimal and precisely nuanced feel for improvised space. Easily the best thing I’ve heard from these guys'. - Volcanic Tongue

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