Nefryt
Re-releases can be good or bad. Let's face it, if you have a certain release in your collection, it feel silly to see it being re-released because you already have it. And maybe a bit proud because you have the first edition in special packaging, etc, etc. But how about all those others who can't enjoy that particulaor release? Should they be denied that gorgeousness, or forced to pay way too much through Ebay or Discogs?
Jaroslaw Szeliga from the Polish label Nefryt probably offered Stefan Knappe from Troum to re-release two older vinyl releases on one CD and from the full discography from Troum it's doubtful if any other two releases would fit a CD this well.
Previously released on Beta-lactam Ring Records, the first two tracks are from the 10" 'Darvê sh'. Both tracks carry the same title as the release itself and last between 13 and 15 minutes. Side A has long streched drones in combination with rhythms and there is a constant addition and changing of sounds and layers. Some Arabic scales are used which create a nice feel.
Track 2 of the album is a bit less rhythmic, allthough the intensity remains. The drones and ambience are more upfront and even with a fully different atmosphere, the emotional layers are just as effective.
Flawlessly the CD continues with the 'Ajin' 12" picture disc which was earlier released on Equation Records. The tracks are a bit shorter then the ones on 'Darvê sh' but they fit wonderwell together, even though the rhythms are a bit more western on 'Ajin'.
The final two tracks of the CD, referring to the B-side of 'Ajin' are more ambient then the first four. The use of voices create paranoid feeling, but it it comes quite close to the unsettling feeling the thriving rhythms of the first few tracks.
Awesomeness on CD, available in an A5 sleeve!
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