Cassette, https://vacancyniagara.bandcamp.com/Two new releases by the Canadian based - partially Toronto, partially Niagara, which explains the URL - label Vacancy Recs hit the office floor. Pholde is the alter ego of Knurl, who is Alan Bloor from (now) Quebec, Canada. Where Knurl is guaranteed to deliver some harsh noise based on the use of metal objects (in all honesty, I don't know everything Knurl did, but I don't think I ever heard something not intrusive to the mind), Pholde is labelled to be his ambient sound project. And it's actually exciting to compare these two completely different aliases. For some people, noise may be erratic, but Knurl is an example of a noise artist who puts emotion there: Aggression, despair, hate, hopelessness, and anger. And while listening to Pholde again, I hear a base of emotion, albeit less aggression, hate and anger... There is a more pensive layer of approach to the sounds and composition.
So while I'm playing "Deprive of Power" (C40, black), these thoughts on how emotion has a place in Alan's music gets confirmation. Because aggression, hate and anger are very extrovert emotions, while despair and hopelessness - as well as sadness and misery - are introvert emotions. More delicate if you please.
The first side of the tape has just one track entitled "Prevent the Occurrence". This is a beautiful road trip through the settings / used equipment: Alan knows what he's doing. Side B has two tracks, "Relative to Existence" and "An Essential Portion". In these tracks, the equipment is used more repetitively, so more and more structured sounds (though never rhythmic). And after 40 minutes, I simply press play again ... Mesmerizing, introvert, pensive, and meditative. Gorgeous release!
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