Plague Mother is the harsh noise project
from Roman J Leyva. And The release I will be reviewing from
him, “Carve”, is one of his more early
ones.
The first track begins with a very high tone
and voice sample of a woman telling a story. These two sounds are joined by harsh, transceiver,
static like noise, which is repeated over the whole track, with only small changes
in intensity and structure. After a while the voice sample weakens and
eventually disappears inside the noise.
The second track also opens with a voice
sample, but only a few seconds long. It seems
to be serving as a intro for the glitchy noise that follows. After a few
minutes the noise intensifies, and a rhythmic drone joins in. Then lower, bass,
noise follows in
with short intervals, to stop after a while and going back again to
the harsher noise sounds.
If you are a fan of ‘fresh’, clinical sounding,
minimal noise, with a bleak atmosphere, than this is definitely a suggestion to
check out. Maybe also worth mentioning: The artwork was done by Omar Gonzalez.
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