Black To Comm
Ruckwarts Backwards

This record left our Phil feeling happy.

We had a Black To Comm lathe cut 7" a while back which shat out. Some of you may remember?? This album is called Ruckwarts Backwards and it's an edition of 222 copies. Ostensibly it's an album of ambience with some odd little samples, loops, field recordings chucked in here and there. At times I'm reminded of some of the earlier Coil stuff (Unnatural History Vol 1) and The Unreleased Themes For Hellraiser. It's a bit clicks and cuts sometimes but without the beats. Some of it is really beautiful though and it washes over your ears like a velvet sponge (presuming you're not allergic to velvet... otherwise it might not be quite so pleasant). It can be a little dark and sinister at times but it doesn't feel oppressive in any way. A thing of beauty....

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What their label says...

BLACK TO COMM IS AN ALIAS FOR DEKORDER LABEL OWNER MARC RICHTER'S AUDIO EXCURSIONS. "RÜCKWÄRTS BACKWARDS" IS HIS DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM RECORDED BETWEEN 2003 AND 2005 IN HIS ADOPTED HOMETOWN HAMBURG AND HIS CHILDHOOD HOME IN THE BLACK FOREST LOCATED IN THE SOUTH OF GERMANY. WITH A BACKGROUND IN MANY MUSICAL STYLES (FROM PSYCHEDELIA TO PURE COMPUTER MUSIC) BTC'S MUSIC IS NEVER EASY TO PIN DOWN.

THIS ALBUM IS ESSENTIALLY CREATED FROM SCRATCHY SHELLAC AND VINYL LOOPS MERGED WITH AMBIENCE FIELD RECORDINGS (WITH SOME VOICE MANIPULATIONS AND KITCHEN GAMELAN THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE). THE WARM HISS OF ANALOGUE RECORDING TECHNIQUES COMBINED WITH THE APPARENTLY ANTIQUE SOUNDS OF VINTAGE ORGANS, ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITARS, PIANOS, GLOCKENSPIEL AND MBIRA USED ON THESE TRACKS GENERATE A KIND OF HYPERREAL, FAKE NOSTALGIA PLAYING WITH ONE'S PERCEPTION OF A PSEUDO-RECOLLECTION. THE LAYERING AND HYPNOTIC REPETITION OF SHORT LOOPS EXTRACTED FROM OLD PSYCHEDELIA, FREE JAZZ, VAUDEVILLE AND TRADITIONAL RECORDS REVEAL A HAUNTING MELODIC QUALITY SOMETIMES NOT DISTINGUISHABLE WITHIN THE ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL, EVOKING A HOVERING FEELING OF BITTERSWEET MELANCHOLY WITH AN OMNIPRESENT, SLIGHTLY DISTURBING ATMOSPHERE HIDDEN BENEATH THE SURFACE.

THE 8 SONGS CONSTANTLY SWAY BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SIMPLE, ALMOST NAIVE ARRANGEMENTS AND DENSE SURRREAL DRONES WITH RARE, YET INTENSE DISTORTED CLIMAXES MAKING THIS ALBUM ONE CONSTANTLY ABSORBING LISTENING EXPERIENCE.

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