Kim Cascone – Dust Theories

The first two tracks, entitled "Dust Theories 1" and "Dust Theories 2",
offer some bizarre experimental aqua-sonic sounds. These sounds are slowly
enmeshed into a world of quirkiness and short incomplete samples. At times
there is a feeling that your feet are wading in a small stream, only to see
your feet wet in sound. At first the samples do not seem to fit smoothly
into the music. This tends to make the music rather unpredictable, but that
does not indicate a negative sounding album. There furthermore seems to be a
strong sense of chaos, which tends to enhance the unpredictability that Kim
Cascone has placed upon us. A few places show some signs of wanting to break
into something collectively ambient, but eventually continues on its
unpredictable path. There does not seem to be much change within the first
two tracks. Totaling 40 minutes together, both tracks remain rather
challenging to those who listen (preferably with an open mind).

Track three, "Edgeboundries 123", uses similar sounds, but with a faster
pace. The samples sound more like they are being used in "hyper" mode,
creating a microcosm of tiny structures. There tends to be more of a
consistent base as opposed to the previous two tracks, however the chaos
still remains to some degree. This track is much more experimental sounding.

Track four really takes off. Again, the samples remain similar, but this
time Ben Nevile re-mixes "Edgeboundaries 123". There seems to be an
emergence of a beat and more grooviness to it. Less experimental and more
defined in the way of music. Electronically heavy in nature, this is the
most pleasing track on this album.

Track five, remixed by DJ4'33". This is a rather soft drifting ambient piece
with some sonically bizarre samples that build and flourish within this
track. The minimal synth provides a working background to allow the busy
samples to collaborate and unite into something magnificent. It is journey
with a nice distortion of reality.