Two releases from Love Earth Music this week and we’re starting with +DOG+’s “Legacy of Love”. Fourteen tracks, of which 13 are under 4 minutes long, and the last one, ‘The Rose Of Youth Shines Upon Us’, is almost 12. What is happening here? I’m not used to this kind of thing from +DOG+. First, if you didn’t know already, +DOG+ is the main project from Steve Davis, who is also the guy behind Love Earth Music. On most of his releases, there is always a line stating that the members of +DOG+ are Steve, Edward, Lob, Chuck, MacKenzie, Ron, Bobby and Jack. Sometimes other names too, but these are the ones mentioned here. I understood it is because the sounds Steve uses when recording is also created – or not – by these people. It is safe to say that +DOG+ is a weird collective where Steve is the leading member.
“The Legacy Of Love” is filled with experiments varying from dronish layers to harder stuff. And it’s all short tracks, so Steve wanted to concentrate on things a bit more, which is also adequately audible because the sound overall is more stable than, for example, with his X-series. Some tracks seem straight from the mixer in a pedal/computer-based setup. Others seem to be recorded with mics and contain percussive patterns. No natural style guide is followed here other than a concentrated focus on exploring the depths of sound and noise as a form of expression. Except for 1 or 2 tracks falling a bit short of ‘drive’ or ‘power’ I have no complaints over all those short tracks.
But the CDr ends with a 12-minute epos entitled ‘The Rose Of Youth Shines Upon Us’. There were a few moments where it reminded me of the legendary ‘Das Schaben’ by Einstürzende Neubauten. The feedback layer in the back has the same shrieking, piercing, yet soothing, hypnotic atmosphere. Beautiful. The only tip for next time is to have the tracks just that tiny bit more levelled, as some ways that should be in-yer-face loud like the others are now a bit too muffled. As a whole: F*ck yeah. Luvvit!
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