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Locrian/Katchmare
- split
7"
A. Locrian - Drosscape
B. Katchmare - Scarab
100
copies on mixed color vinyl
Released January 2009
OUT
OF PRINT
REVIEWS:
Brainwashed (Creaig Dunton)
Sunday, 08 February 2009
This
odd little multicolored 7" record puts these two relatively young
projects together, and demonstrates just how diverse the so called
"noise" scene can be. While both mix elements of contemporary
drone, Locrian layers and moulds sound into structured chaos, while
Katchmare focuses on simple, singular sounds to create an oddly toned
piece of noise.
The Locrian track "Drosscape"” first
begins with bass drone and modulated guitar feedback, building tension
before dark, clanging sounds and processed screams stab sharply into
the track, followed by a traditional wall of electronic noise and
guitar pedal abuse that straddles the more subtle underpinnings, taking
what was once a guitar drone track into harsh noise territory.
Just as some headbanging loop-centric elements begin to really dominate
the track, it immediately drops to complete silence.
The
Katchmare side sticks with stuttering overdriven noises, early on
resembling the loping chug of an old lawnmower before amping up into
the traditional overdriven harsh noise style, but rather than
sustaining the blast, it begins to uncomfortably cut out, fade to
silence before roaring back in, or get chopped up into tiny delays of
sound that lead me to question when the track was going to actually end.
If
I had to pick a side, it'd go to the Locrian one because it has a wider
array of sound and a more dramatic build, but Katchmare's track is a
good piece of raw noise crunch that sometimes is just needed to aid in
digestion and clearing off shelves, so it is by no means ignorable.
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