Labels: mrw44
Review by: Andy Malcolm
Looking at the back of the box of this 6 track comp cd scares me. Track 5 is 20 minutes long. Track 6 is 10 minutes longer than that. Eek. Prior to that though are 4 relatively short contributions, starting with Nimrod 33, who fill my headphone encased ears with some ambient electronic noise. They do the fizz-pop-whirr thing with an eerie noise that sounds like they have “manipulated” an opera singer’s voice for their own nefarious needs. It works pretty well. Of course, there are several million people doing their own take on this sort of thing these days, it is certainly no worse than the majority of stuff like this I have heard.
Next up is Planquez, and I think I have actually heard of this band, because I have reviewed a cd by a Planquez. They indulge in seven minutes of noodly post rock, kicking off with feedback. The vocals seem a bit Radiohead-ish, and the song is a slow burner, brooding moodily in the manner of Slint, although it never explodes into a massive finale.
Destructive Chop-Suey is up next, um. Apparently they are French. I like the fast and angry lo-fi punk parts, where they yell and play instruments very fast. It is also mixed with other much stranger parts, where they sing in strange ways and play slower. Goodness me.
Then we have Eftus Spectun from Bath, who probably should not be making music. Imagine if the Smiths were fucked up bad describes them at times. They do 6 songs in 5 minutes. Personally I would have preferred 0 songs in 0 seconds. This band is worse than Die Kunst, a band on Boss Tuneage who sold approximately 13 records at the last count.
Lithuanian Gintas K makes the 20 minute long track. It clicks a lot. If it is still making the same clicking noise after 6 or so minutes, I am going to not listen to the other 14. Well, it is still clicking but they made some other noises by now. This is pretty much more of that ambient electronic noise stuff, it’s a bit too slow to develop for me, and it’s like one of those long, repetitive songs John Peel plays when he needs to go for a shit.
And finally we have Giant Tank, who indulge for 30 minutes. I really do not have the patience / attention span to stick with this for the duration. My apologies. Initially it features drums, a few noises, and some background ambience (it was recorded live), I had pretty much had enough by 4 minutes to be honest. Not my thing at all. Off.
So there you have all that. A strange mix of the experimental! If you like your music all not normal, try this. Bits of this were for me, most of it wasn’t.