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Family
Battle Snake / Number None Split CD
Double-bill of lulling,
hypnotic noisescapes from this transatlantic pairing. Over the course of
20 minutes, Family Battle Snake entangle us in a densely textured
terrain, each discrete shift revealing more of the brewing menace
lurking behind. Chicago duo Number None contribute four unique tracks
which radiate a turbulent, intense brooding. All churn up great shards
of sound which seem to strain at their own boundaries.
FAMILY
BATTLE SNAKE:
Firmly established through a punishing touring schedule
and a staggering back catalogue of releases on European and American
labels, Greek natives Family Battle Snake conjure up a hazy psychedelic
mayhem; from lulling numbness to fierce noise outbreaks.
A whorl
of metal noise submerged in deep, slow moving loops of weeping melancholy
(Volcanic
Tongue)
NUMBER NONE:
The Chicago duo Number None formed in
2001. Using a broad variety of sound sources they create terrifyingly
beautiful noiseworks and spaciously drifting droneworks.
Finely
polished sound clusters float like mist over an abandoned city park but
before you know it that’s all been replaced by the somewhat scary feel
of being stuck at the very same place in the middle of the night. What I
am basically saying is that there are a lot of feelings at display here,
not only beautiful ones, but also illustrations of things I am not so
sure you really wanted to confront in the first place.
(Mats
Gustafson, Dream Magazine #5)
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Lessons
Around Us - OpenAir
Tim Kirby's Lessons Around
Us project ventures into the parameters of rhythm, melody, field
recording, musique concrete and sonic trickery with 'Open Air'. Seemingly
exclusive working practices perplex and unfold to reveal a highly
personal and yet distinctly English vision. The listener is kept
guessing at every turn, never sure as to where each track will lead.
Everyday domestic environments such as the kitchen are transformed
through acoustic guitar and the cascade of sizzling pans into
melancholic shrines of yearning, in the achingly beautiful 'Resonant
Wing Clip.' Elsewhere, the hard and relentless bounce of popcorn shapes
Kernel' into the backbeat drive to a chef's anxiety dream. Snippets,
glimpses, utterances strive to offer clues yet never guiding towards
'Open Air'.
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Bill
Thompson - Tripartite Collision
Aberdeen-based
Texan Bill Thompson has been an active composer, performer, and sound
artist for over ten years in the US and UK. His works include acoustic,
electro-acoustic, electronic, tape, and digital media, including sound
installations and video.
As
a performer, Thompson uses an assortment of equipment that ranges from
prepared guitar, digital cd mixers, laptop, radio, and digital/analogue
synthesizers, as well as found objects and diy circuit-bent devices.
For
his first SSR release, Bill contributes two
incredibly intense, yet delicate pieces. Copies are
limited to 200 and priced at £5.
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