Steady readers of the Vital Weekly now know the man, the name, the label, and his output. Arvo Zylo runs No Part Of It, and that label is a very active little bugger. And I mean it in the best way possible. I mean: We all know those small 'internet' / Bandcamp-based noise labels where everybody releases every single little fart that happens to be looped through guitar pedals and creates a massive sound. There are too many of those high-output labels if you ask me. Sure, now and then there is that 'pearl' you find between the pebbles, but ... Well, I meant to say that No Part Of It is everything but a label like that kind. The output is high, but not too high, and each release is in some way physical. Pro replicated CDRs or vinyl in ultra-limited editions.
"Dysfigurines" is a limited vinyl (10 copies), and the two 20-minute tracks are created from field recordings. In this case, more than one field recordings from different times and different situations are layered upon each other creating an eerie atmosphere. Faint echoes from layer 1) can cause artefacts or sounds in layer 2) to get a different meaning. And an atmospheric recording can, and vice versa, give a recorded voice a fully different meaning. A bit like what you get when watching a movie while you play the soundtrack from a different movie simultaneously.
Sure, you can also use field recordings and granulate or loop the hell out of them. Something I - when done correctly - like a lot. But This release goes back to the basics of what it's all about. Layering, checking, controlling, manipulating the output into a continuous dynamic... And through the process, Arvo creates an album with a beautifully urban soundtrack on side A / "Concave time": Imagine an NYC office by night. Side B / "W Tears" I have no clue how to describe ... It reminded me of the first output by The Caretaker. Arvo's take on things is a bit more like an acid trip in contradiction to the 'submarine' feel of The Caretaker. Maybe a bit more Kubrick / The Shining style. Yes, less 'the field recording as is' and more manipulated, but very well done. Nice one!
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