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...according to our Phil on Thu 16 Jun, 2011.
I'll be honest now. I only chose to review this record cos of the title. Genius. I don't even like cheese but it gets me every time. Yeah, you read that right. I don't like cheese... This is a well strange record... Musique concrete I guess is the easy way to describe it... It's just strange noise after strange noise and in between those you get some strange 'events'. Events which almost form music as there's some semblance of noise and repetition. The music is made with home made instruments, there's field recordings on here, strange beats and even some poetry. It's either genius or someone totally cocking about for 40 minutes. either way it's entertaining and will no doubt be unlike any other record you'll hear this year!
Listen, Feta is the Greek traditional goat cheese. That's a fact that is right. And that again is a tautology, a style figure derived from the Greek 'tauto logos'. The record itself is not that complicated though. Musically Gerard Herman started his career with a noise cd-r that he couldn't sell, dropped his carreer and picked it up as the sax and found objects player in Belgium's youngest and most extraordinary free jazz combo Sheldon Siegel. With a combination of off the hook poetry, Suicide beats, field recordings, home made instruments, excerpts from his radio shows and other musique concrète Herman gave us the weirdest, funniest and most arty KRAAK debut till today.
This year the man with two first names will graduate from Ghent Art Academy as a master in the Graphic Arts. This limited edition LP is a part of his graduation project. All art, including an offset printed poster, is made by Herman himself. The cover photos are by Sine Van Menxel.
Fêta Justice is a great portrait of the artist as a young man, exploring new avant-garde territories in an uncomplexed Flemish fashion.
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