Panicsville - Sterile

Label:

Nihilist

Catalog#:

NIHIL 22

Format:

CD, Enhanced, Limited Edition

Country:

Released:

2003

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Noise

Tracklist

1	Data Track
2	Flatline	2:38
3	A Joining Of Joy & Lonliness	9:14
	Clarinet - Jeremy Fisher*
4	Anticipation Of The Inevitable	3:11
	Electronics - Jeremy Fisher*
5	Fun	5:40
	Electronics, Voice - John Coker
6	Alpha Dog	4:31
	Computer - Maria Moran
7	Mastery Of All That Is Unknown	9:51
	Electronics - Jeremy Fisher*
8	Even The Foulest Of Things Surface	5:36
9	Pain Is Nature's Way Of Protecting A Fragile Body	7:42
	Organ - Robert Ortmann Voice - Marilyn Ortmann

Credits

Electronics, Voice, Performer [Magnetic Tape, Scrapes, Involuntary Reactions] - Andy Ortmann (tracks: 1 to 9)
Mastered By - Andy Ortmann , b9 InViD (tracks: 5 & 9)
Photography - Peter Shingu Ha

Notes

CD comes in a jewel case which is placed in a white leather bag with "Panicsville - Sterile" written on one side and a large red cross on the other.
Track 1 is a data track that is not playable on a CD player. It contains a video.
Limited to 550 copies.

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Rated 2/5

Review by itzmehall Aug 30, 2008

Panicsville is an odd group project fronted by Andy Ortmann. Their sound consists of cinegraphic like collages of electronics which border on the quirky and creepy. Mr. Ortmann has a knack for high-fidelity recording, always able to capture in beautiful detail his personalized audio vision. However, there is not a strong sense of cohesion between the sounds themselves on Sterile. With such a fine attention to rich audio detail, I was hoping for a more purposeful and narrative use of the sounds. These pieces are loosely associated collages of sounds rather than the well plotted story I was hoping to hear.