Thursday, March 22, 2007
frozen corpse
fueled by asteroids (one-sided) c40
[2007, puik]
there's some real nice things going on in belgium's experimental music scene, and these two artists; carlo steegen (audiobot) and eva van deuren (orphan fairytale) are knee-deep in them. unfortunately, if you're not in europe, you may not know too much about what's going on with these guys, especially with frozen corpse (or their other duo, hardline elephants). for one, the editions are super limited (one frozen corpse tape was put out in ten copies), obviously, that makes things harder. then there's the fact that there's not a whole lot of u.s. distro options. new york's fusetron is probably your stateside best bet. globally, volcanic tongue is the most viable source, but i think that most sane americans aren't going to shell out thirty bucks for a thirty minute cassette, even if the artwork / packaging is top-notch. thank communism for file sharing.
this cassette is certainly not the tripped out mental spaceflight that the title hints at and i'm not complaining in the least. my experience with eva's orphan fairytale project was one that involved experimental music fused with the trappings of traditional structure, that is to say that there were rhythmic elements at times, but that never pops up here. the first part of fueled by asteroids brings together warmer tones with what appear to be xylophone chimes. this is as "musical" as things will get. from there, the middle stretch is devoid of any warmth whatsoever and in fact has a considerable surliness to it. the dominant noise is a blizzard-like wind that's threatening to bury the interesting bit that's going on in the background. part two makes me think more of a midnight aquatic expedition than any celestial pursuit. there's a pleasing ambiance supporting a boat rotorlike noise along with other sounds that remind me of water. i'm sure that your experiences my vary, but that's the vibe that i'm getting, and its a good vibe. multi-layered and perfect to lose yourself in.
to sum it up, frozen corpse strike the ideal balance between sound experimentation and cohesion. the results being a nice tape that's not particularly noisy, sounds great and has enough of a focus to warrant repeated listens. absolutely wonderful artwork by jelle crama on this one and a hand sewn pouch to boot. thumbs up all around.
Fueled By Asteroids, Part One Excerpt (from 8:18 to 10:13)
[2007, puik]
there's some real nice things going on in belgium's experimental music scene, and these two artists; carlo steegen (audiobot) and eva van deuren (orphan fairytale) are knee-deep in them. unfortunately, if you're not in europe, you may not know too much about what's going on with these guys, especially with frozen corpse (or their other duo, hardline elephants). for one, the editions are super limited (one frozen corpse tape was put out in ten copies), obviously, that makes things harder. then there's the fact that there's not a whole lot of u.s. distro options. new york's fusetron is probably your stateside best bet. globally, volcanic tongue is the most viable source, but i think that most sane americans aren't going to shell out thirty bucks for a thirty minute cassette, even if the artwork / packaging is top-notch. thank communism for file sharing.
this cassette is certainly not the tripped out mental spaceflight that the title hints at and i'm not complaining in the least. my experience with eva's orphan fairytale project was one that involved experimental music fused with the trappings of traditional structure, that is to say that there were rhythmic elements at times, but that never pops up here. the first part of fueled by asteroids brings together warmer tones with what appear to be xylophone chimes. this is as "musical" as things will get. from there, the middle stretch is devoid of any warmth whatsoever and in fact has a considerable surliness to it. the dominant noise is a blizzard-like wind that's threatening to bury the interesting bit that's going on in the background. part two makes me think more of a midnight aquatic expedition than any celestial pursuit. there's a pleasing ambiance supporting a boat rotorlike noise along with other sounds that remind me of water. i'm sure that your experiences my vary, but that's the vibe that i'm getting, and its a good vibe. multi-layered and perfect to lose yourself in.
to sum it up, frozen corpse strike the ideal balance between sound experimentation and cohesion. the results being a nice tape that's not particularly noisy, sounds great and has enough of a focus to warrant repeated listens. absolutely wonderful artwork by jelle crama on this one and a hand sewn pouch to boot. thumbs up all around.Fueled By Asteroids, Part One Excerpt (from 8:18 to 10:13)
:: posted by avant gardening, 8:25 PM
2 Comments:
Thanks for this! its very nice.
Also thanks for sharing so much on slsk (im 'didimowtct')
Also thanks for sharing so much on slsk (im 'didimowtct')
you're welcome! don't expect me on slsk for awhile, atleast a few more months. right now i'm stuck with this wireless internet connection that i can't get to work with slsk for some strange reason.
anyway, thanks for reading!
anyway, thanks for reading!