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Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (4 ratings)

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Textbeak - Word Vessels - 01-Sep-09 09:56 PM
Ive always admired Textbeaks ability to compose music from such a huge lexicon of various genres, even those that dont seem to be in the same family. This one takes the cake, though. Ambient, light and dark, techno, experimental, IDM, industrial, high end production and old school analogue drum machines and who knows what else all blend together, sometimes with dizzying results as the layers are so thick. Its a treat to wade through it, all, with its varying textures and unique sounds. In this way it is a bit reminiscent of the early work of Download.

For me, there are two tracks that make this worthwhile just by themselves and thats "Mind Tears," which reminds me of somewhat of an ambient/IDM degeneration of Skinny Puppy, and "Witchdoctor." That latter one is full of surprises, making you think its going to be all quiet in the beginning then giving way to some early/mid-period Autechre-ish IDM, then some dark-ass electro industrial that gives way to something sounding like :zoviet*france: playing over Martin Atkins drumming and then the drums get harder while the song struggles to retain its composure, occasionally disintegrating only to put itself back together. That last track is ENTHRALLING. Get it.

Nurse With Wound / Spasm (2) - Creakiness / Firemoon - 08-Nov-08 10:11 AM
This is a real split in a thematic sense.

Stephen is in rare form, making old-school industrial with Warner Brothers cartoon samples and car horns and game show buzzers and other dadaness, rhythms out of creaking doors for gypsy folk, eerie exotica, calliope music, the most awesome song every made out of a juice harp ("Electric Fretnum Attachment"), etc.

And then theres Spasm. I dont know these folks but there is some promise here. First track: tribal, ritual, like something off an "Arrhythmia" compilation. Second track: psychedelic guitar freakout with some odd tangents and interludes. Seems like it was a bad trip. But it sounded good. :D

So yeah, it doesnt all mesh per se. But its all good stuff.

Nurse With Wound - Alas The Madonna Does Not Function - 08-Nov-08 09:14 AM
"Nil By Mouth" is almost annoying in that its got a similar drum machine riff to the one that annoyed the heck out of me in Hafler Trio/Sons Of Gods _Resurrection_ but then it breaks out into this absolute psychedelic guitar freakout, maybe similar to something Terminal Cheesecake-ish that totally saves the day for me.

"Swansong" is the gem here, though, a literal sea of static. Just like any other tumultuous ocean, it has a high tide and a low tide.. and near the end the waves crash against the rocks.

Women Of The SS - Women Of The SS - 06-Sep-08 11:28 AM
If Throbbing Gristle were to have made an album to have sex to, this would have been it. Tense, claustrophobic but entrancing, sensual and occasionally barbituate (early) industrial compositions are supplemented at times by serpentine female spoken word through heavy treatments.

A few highlights.. The first track, "Oh What Fun We Shall Have" is foreboding as hell, especially with the mechanistic rhythms and the vocals that seem to be issuing commands, though a few well-placed moans reveal it to certainly be about S "Sexbite" swims with layers of what seems to be treated violin as well as some of those Middle East instruments John used in "Sonorous Invokations Ov Brian Jones." "Baited By A Black Slip" sounds a lot like the first track mixed with the instrumentation of "Sexbite" while being a bit more orgasmic than either. "Quaaludes & Cognac" is aptly titled and will make your head spin. "Verboten Voice" is a particularly interesting one, with an ethereal, hypnotic, almost zoviet france feel to its rhythmic treatment of vocals.

All in all, awesome record; highly recommended.

Women Of The SS - Women Of The SS - 06-Sep-08 10:41 AM
Overall I found this sort of annoying. The vocals take precedence over the attempt at creating an eerie, almost sci-fi atmosphere. The spoken word, however, is nothing more than a few moans and groans and screams and anxious tittering. Its a bit pointless. To boot, the music, while ambitious, falls a bit short. Women Of The SS is indeed a great project, but this is by far their worst release.

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