[mn021]
Noxious Nub
Locked in Madness

1. The Message
2. Squirting
3. Locked in Madness
4. Pressure [ mp3 excerpt ]
5. Darkness Beyond [ mp3 excerpt ]
6. Now! [ full-length mp3 ]

Total time: 23:07 min
Format: 3" CD-R, full-color artwork, 100 copies
Release date: November 25, 2003
Price: $0

Active in the fields of electronic music since 1986, Daniele De Rossi has released various records and tracks for labels such as Polimorf, Irma, 66 Rec. and Quantize Records, covering a wide range of styles. Other activities also include involvement in a number of live activities and audio-visual installations across Italy. Another noteworthy item is his interest in analog modular synthesizers which borders on that of a devout scientist to his laboratory. But enough chatter, what does the release sound like? Well, like what you'd expect from "power noise" in a parallel world where things would live up to their names.

In other words, "Locked in Madness" takes the rhythmical elements and mangles them with ring-modulated voices, screeching metallic rumbles and salvos of precision blasts, leaving the tracks with about as much "club appeal" as a mental asylum packed with Semtex. That's hardly a bad thing as far as I'm concerned, so put on your straitjacket and try not to stare too much at the detonator.

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