Saturday, April 07, 2007
jenny haniver
dude, got a mammoth (mammoth!) package courtesy of jersey's finest: kevin winter (2673), king darves and kate (bone tooth horn). stoked was an understatement as to my feelings when i opened this bad boy up. lots of people i've never heard of combined with a few that i do know. for starters, i'll focus on the guys that could probably use some more attention. expect a plethora of reviews concerning the dealings of these three, spread out over god knows how long. awesome.
glossopetrae c24
[2007, bone tooth horn]
a quick search on google dashed my hopes that a chick was responsible for this noise. the term jenny haniver, circa 16th century england, refers to rudimentary (and fake) sea monsters carved out of existing sea creatures, mostly manta rays. this was all taking place on the docks of antwerp. apparently, while the other sailors were out cavorting with the town's womenfolk, some seamen would've rather stayed behind so that they could mutilate fish. i'm pretty damned convinced that that's one of the traits of sociopathy. truly though, i've no idea who's twisting the knobs on this cassette.
glossopetrae, another, obscure, historical reference (i'm done playing wikipedia, look it up yourselves), is an outstanding twenty minutes of desolate modulations, screeches, mood exploration and distortion.
side a happens to be where all the noise is at. it's slow building and dynamic, but due to the lack of background ambiance, it deftly avoids the cold feel that, more often than not, pervades this kind of music. this side's also rather noisy for how creeping it is, which usually guarantees things to be, at least, more interesting. that philosophy holds true here. after the first half of the tape plays out i think you'll find that jenny haniver manages to proffer a unique piece of experimental noise that's thoroughly enjoyable. now, the other side chooses to play up the atmosphere extensively, err, exclusively. fifteen men on a dead man's chest, indeed. fog on the water spooky aura at work here and i'm into it.
while jenny's seemingly popped up out of the murky depths of nowhere (aka new jersey, perhaps?), i'm hoping that there's more where this came from.
Side A Excerpt (from :38 to 5:29)
glossopetrae c24
[2007, bone tooth horn]
a quick search on google dashed my hopes that a chick was responsible for this noise. the term jenny haniver, circa 16th century england, refers to rudimentary (and fake) sea monsters carved out of existing sea creatures, mostly manta rays. this was all taking place on the docks of antwerp. apparently, while the other sailors were out cavorting with the town's womenfolk, some seamen would've rather stayed behind so that they could mutilate fish. i'm pretty damned convinced that that's one of the traits of sociopathy. truly though, i've no idea who's twisting the knobs on this cassette.
glossopetrae, another, obscure, historical reference (i'm done playing wikipedia, look it up yourselves), is an outstanding twenty minutes of desolate modulations, screeches, mood exploration and distortion.
side a happens to be where all the noise is at. it's slow building and dynamic, but due to the lack of background ambiance, it deftly avoids the cold feel that, more often than not, pervades this kind of music. this side's also rather noisy for how creeping it is, which usually guarantees things to be, at least, more interesting. that philosophy holds true here. after the first half of the tape plays out i think you'll find that jenny haniver manages to proffer a unique piece of experimental noise that's thoroughly enjoyable. now, the other side chooses to play up the atmosphere extensively, err, exclusively. fifteen men on a dead man's chest, indeed. fog on the water spooky aura at work here and i'm into it.while jenny's seemingly popped up out of the murky depths of nowhere (aka new jersey, perhaps?), i'm hoping that there's more where this came from.
Side A Excerpt (from :38 to 5:29)
:: posted by avant gardening, 2:50 PM
2 Comments:
this is new noise project from king darves (me) i suppose we should send some more info with our tapes next time! there will be more from the murky jersey depths indeed
ah, so from not so out of nowhere. yeah, well, a little exposure for you guys wouldn't hurt either. since all i can seem to find out is what i can dig up on bth or by stalking everyone's myspace profiles, which is always fun.
