Uv Ursa Spr - One day in Freud's mind (File, Nahàsh Atrym Productions 2014)

This multi noise project from France brings deafening terror for the last six years. Mostly with split releases from other remarkable artists, like Vomir, Robert Ridley-Shackleton and Aqua-Eroticum. “"One day in Freud's mind"”, the release I’m about to review, seems to be a download-release only, which is defenitely worth checking out.

The selftitled and single track consists out of multiple pieces, especially in the beginning, which seem to be pasted together. After a short time span the sounds gain more continuity. The noise that appears on this record is droney, broodingly dark, crisp and seductive. It varies with sick but docile oscillating, synth sounds, bathing in long delay. Sometimes the synth parts turn into blistering, harsh noise, which gives it a kind of schizophrenic aspect. There are also field recordings to be heard of what seems to be a large hall, museum or station. The sound has a natural reverb of people, talking and walking around. They are overlapped with more, weird synthesizer sounds, steel junk, harsh bursts and iced, noise drones. This is repeated till the end of the track (also notice the short sitar interlude at the very last part, strange indeed).

The label on which this album is released is known for it’s brutal HNW releases, but this is not the case with this audio record. The sounds shift continually over into other noises and structures. Although it seems to be existing out of different parts it also exists as a whole. The artwork has a nice, tactile design, is straight to the point and somewhat shocking. A suggestion for those who like experimental and psychedelic (to a minimal point) noise.

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Tongue Knax – Maxim For Subjugation (Cassette, C32, Stiff Sanctorum 2012)

It’ has been a long time since we have seen a new release from Tongue Knax and the one I’'m about to review already dates from the year that the world was supposed to end. (you can also check an other review from Tongue Knax I did a wile ago, overhere) Since than the world got a bit closer to the images that Tongue Knax evokes.

“Maxim For Subjugation” counts two tracks on each side of the cassette and begins with “Virtue Belongs To Vice”. Ringing and snarling feedback, distorted steel chains, crunched noise and anguished moans and screams form the basics for this nightmare of a track. Sometimes it sounds like the feedback is singing sinisterly. Very eerie. Everything here could be described as controlled chaos, which would be a contradiction. But you can clearly hear all separated sounds blending in nicely together to one big piece of ghastly terror.

The second track, “Pleasure Is Sincere”, has odd, oscillating, synthesizer sounds, bright feedback and delayed, wobbling noise(s). The noise is frantic but also subtle and compliant. The feedback is more orientated on the background than in the first track. And the synthesizer layers sound like aggressive wind, going through the windows and rooms of a ruin or house.

“Maxim For Subjugation” makes me think of a Jheronimus Bosch painting and evokes a world of struggle, pain and suffering. A world of nature colliding with each other and everything else. As always Tongue Knax provides the listener with lush nightmarish sounds and old-school, depraving noise.

No longer available on label.

Unless – Selftitled (File/download, Selfreleased 2014)

Unless is a fairly new project from the guy behind Black Thread (ambient, tape, loops) that is definitely also worth checking out, if you didn'’t do so already. With Unless he switches to a more brutal and harsh sound.

Just like in Black Thread, broken and fragmented textures return here, but in a much more violent and ravishing way. The noise that he produces in this selftitled album is crowded with strength and is equal to that of a merciless storm. It sounds a bit like HNW, but there are changes to be heard in this blackened mass of powerful noise. It’s also shifting to much to just be a wall of noise. The durations of the four tracks (named i, ii, iii and iv) are very long but don’t get boring at all. They shift from low, jagged and crunched out textures to a more fast and high blasting savagery. And just like with Black Thread the artwork is minimal but very beautiful, with lots of detail.

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