Hanatarash - 5

Firstly, if you don't like Noise then you're probably not reading this review.

If, for some reason you are, then let me assure you:

You Need This Album.

Now, I wouldn't violate one of the prime directives of review writing for anything less than a life-or-death reason, and this is one of them.

Simply put, this album is the Noise album that the Anti-Noise Brigade could enjoy. I've conducted several tests and it has worked every time.

The sound can also be simply described: a jet engine roaring into life, and through what sounds like countless gear changes. Higher and higher and higher, lower then higher still. For fifty-odd minutes. In the right mood you could also find this absolutely exhilarating.

It is an intimidating monument of fiery intensity, a seething firebrand of a listen, an orgasmic explosion through the sensory array. It is one of Yamataka Eye's most unfettered efforts, yet he is utterly in control.

It is, incidentally, like none of the other Hanatarash recordings; perhaps a bit like the opening to Boredoms' superlative Super AE, except a little more coherent.

Add to this some incredibly fetishistic acetate inlays and a gleefully coloured case and you are looking at an essential recording.