Beta-lactam Ring Records NMT007
Being a reviewer has its advantages. The best thing about it for me is learning about new projects and new music. "It's the journey which is important, not the goal" translates freely to exploring new music versus having a shitload of CD's one never listens to.
On one of these journeys I met Geert Feytons who is a member of Noise-Maker's Fifes. They are a project from Belgium and in the years I have been actively following drones, ambient and experimental music I have seen the name a lot, but somehow never got to the point of checking it out. But I am very greatful Geert send me this CD of a collaboration between him and Michael Prime to review.
The CD opens with the title track of the album and is the longest with its over 25 minutes playtime. It is the kind of track that triggers thinking and mesmerizing. The used sounds are mostly short (not droney) but it has a droney feel to it. And that's where the strength of the CD is set.
The second track 'A Desert Realm Of Fish' has a worldly, open, almost shamanistic feel to it. More layering with field-recordings. Which is sort of the opposite of the third track, which has a much more noisey, erratic approach. Sounds seem to be made more with 'real' instruments in the first half of this track, ending with fieldrecorings from 'city-life' and yes, again those nice analog layers which are there during the whole CD. Mildly in the back of the audio spectrum, but as kindred spirits, always there.
'Phosphoric Water' closes the CD and it reminds me of the better works of h3o. Nice droney sounds which are obviously very well considered and thought off.
This is the kind of CD one picks out of the stash when you would be travelling. Just put it in your CD player and another travel starts. Getting you to places you didn't plan on going to, but of which you will be happy you found out about after you visited them.
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