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Jazkamer - Balls The Size Of Texas, Liver The Size Of Brazil (Purple Soil)
While the prolific duo of John Hegre and Lasse Marhaug is mostly known for its taxing brand of harsh noise and glitch-happy deconstructions, this 2007 release on Czech label Purple Soil proves to be much more affable than their past works would have suggested. Sure, there is an electronic storm of a piece somewhere on here that's guaranteed to have you jumping for the volume knob, and the first track is basically little more than an old medical report apparently found on vinyl, but the real attraction here is to be found on the tracks which rely on a strangely western-tinged blend of guitar noise. The drawn-out squalls and piercing feedback become sorrowful ballads for desert sunrises and midnight prairies, the sort better seen when the whiskey kicks in. In those moments of grace, everything else just fades away.
(CD, multi-paneled booklet, $13.00)
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[ noise ]
Maeror Tri - Multiple Personality Disorder (Purple Soil)
Re-press of the first Maeror Tri CD album, released on Korm Plastics back in 1993. Drowsy drones and archaic atmospheres inspired by the four key basic characters common to the mental illness.
(CD, multi-paneled digisleeve with postcard, $13.00)
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KK Null - Galactic Tornado (Quasi Pop Records)
2008 release from long-active experimental musician Kazuyuki Kishino. While the combination of a prolific discography and the "guitar noise improv" tag kept me away from his works so far as efficiently as the colors on a poison dart frog, my preconceptions were thankfully proved wrong by this album. Far from being interchangeable and self-indulgent, the five 10+ minute tracks here do not show a single moment of dullness. Attention has been obviously paid to keeping the flow dynamic and renewing the pool of sounds, as thick slabs of cosmic noise crash into twitchy electronic pulses and deflagrations. If this is representative of his current work, I'll be definitely investigating more of his similar material.
(CD, multi-paneled digipak, $13.50, last copy)
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[ noise ]
Rapoon - Escaping From Color (Rapoon Recomposed & Remixed) (Quasi Pop Records)
15-track compilation of music exclusively composed with Rapoon's "Tribal Sci Fi" sound library. Participants include Francisco Lopez, Machinefabriek, Troum, Jorge Castro, Aidan Baker, Anla Courtis, Mike Shiflet, Cisfinitum and more.
(CD, digisleeve, to be restocked soon)
[ abstract electronics ] [ ambient ] [ drones ] [ experimental ]
Mux - The Second Confession (R.A.I.G.)
Another great discovery from the St Petersburg scene. Using analogue synthesizers, assorted instruments and digital processing, this duo churns out sludgy, rhythmic tracks with scraping sounds and rusty textures that wouldn't sound out of place on a Mental Destruction album. Add in some fragile melodic squalls and a strong sense of pacing, and you've got a release that definitely deserves attention.
(CD, special cardboard packaging, $17.50, last copy)
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Irmologion - Irmologion (R.A.I.G.)
Although thematically based on the Irmologion of Orthodox Christianity, this is hardly a rigid excursion into canonical sounds: processed vocal chants, odd rhythmic patterns and hazy textures evoke inverted hymns of dogma gone sour and disillusionment. A fresh take on combining experimental music with religious overtones, and with a particularly unique sound.
(CD, deluxe cardboard packaging with outer sleeve, out of stock)
Joan Silver Pin - Chiaroscuro (R.A.I.G.)
Joan Silver Pin is an experimental electro-acoustic / jazz fusion band from Moscow, with core members also active in other bands. While "jazz fusion" usually results in a mental alarm blaring off in my head, this album couldn't be further away from the pompous noodlings that the tag might evoke. This is gorgeous and seductive music that shape-shifts from post-rock to electronic ambient to jazz, but cleverly enough to avoid the pitfalls of a confused mish-mash of genres. The arrangements are atypical but never aimless, and the combination of electronics, female vocalizations and traditional instruments (namely the trumpet) inspired and carefully crafted. In short, a great reward for adventurous ears courtesy of RAIG.
(CD, multi-paneled sleeve, out of stock)
[ experimental ]
Irmologion - Dynatos (R.A.I.G.)
Electro-acoustic and ritualistic ambient with Orthodox thematic influences. A less sinister sermon than their previous self-titled album, but distilled from the same essence.
(CD, laced hard book folder with CD held inside a silk cloth, out of stock)
[ dark ambient ] [ electro-acoustic ]
Lebenswelt - Lebenswelt (R.A.I.G.)
Introspective and somewhat cinematic dark ambient with industrial undertones from this Moscow trio. While nothing initially stands out to accustomed ears, the album's variety and efficiency make this the sort of release that will grow on you should you give it a chance.
(CD, cardboard folder with 6-page booklet, out of stock)
[ dark ambient ] [ industrial ]
Womba - Evidence Of Letta (R.A.I.G.)
Industrial ambient collage from Tikhon S. Kubov, the person behind other RAIG-related projects such as Mux and Won James Won. Some of the material is a little reminiscent of the futurist audio constructions of Vetrophonia and Linija Mass, but Womba sets aside the mechanical fury and aesthetics of those projects for a lighter (and sometimes humorous) approach. Pleasantly comatose and confusing.
(CD, cardboard folder with 6-page booklet, $17.50)
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