Licht & Stahl
Side A on this deep red plastic tape starts with sounds which hold the middle in between musique concrete and fluxus. For those in the dark: This means sounds recorded with (contact)microphones of an unknown origin and it's not really obvious or clear if they are manipulated or very well executed and recorded. These sounds are as the side of the tape continues - a total of 5 tracks are on the index-card - combined with dark layering and further towards the end with subtle yet intrusive feedback sounds.
The reverse side opens with with the threatening 'Echo Poem' which will appeal to :zoviet.france: adepts as well as the routined listeners to "power ambient". Even a sort of melody / rhythmic structure is added in here. Acoustic guitar enter the composition in track 2 '1872' where the combination with a pregnant feedback sound creates a tension leaving you undecided between 'eew!' and 'aaahhhh ...'. And it keeps on getting creepier and creepier when the layers evolve and the guitar tunes gets more complexity
The total buildup from the tracks isn't too different from each other but the combination of layering drones and contact-sounds / field-recordings is executed consistently and veryvery well.
Worth porting to CD without any doubt.
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