Jean Louis Huhta - Halfway Between The World & Death

Although 'Halfway Between the World and Death' is Jean-Louis Huhta's first solo album, he has already become a hugely
respected musician and composer in Sweden and beyond. Having been a member of the 80's post-punk band Cortex, as well
as acting as percussionist for grindcore legends Anti Climex for three years, Huhta was already a familiar face in the Swedish
underground scene, even before going on to work in a huge variety of projects including The Stonefunkers, Audio Laboratory,
Skull Defekts (soon to be signed to Tigerbeat 6) and Lucky People Center. He even found time to create some deep and
unorthodox techno as Brommage Dub with prolific techno producer Jesper Dahlbäck, as well as playing in Ocsid alongside Carl
Michael von Hausswolff and Graham Lewis, former bass-player for The Wire. So what does this album sound like? Does the fact
that underground filmmaker Bruce LaBruce insisted on using it in his upcoming 'melancholic gay zombie flick' give us an idea of
what it sounds like? Well, yes, it does. 'Halfway Between the World and Death', as the title may suggest, is a morbid and dark
album, taking influence from grainy horror film soundtracks and murky b-movie sleaze. Rhythms are submerged under layers
of dirtily recorded guitars and eruptions of degraded noise throughout the album's sixteen track duration. Perhaps comparable
to last years 'The Dead Sea' by Type Records head-honcho Xela, but at points touching on influences as broad as Joy Division,
Alva Noto and Popol Vuh, Huhta's debut is bound to haunt your nightmares for years to come…

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