People who follow the Inner Demons label for a bit longer have more often seen the name of this Russian project. I couldn’t find many releases on different labels, so I see IDR as his ‘home’. This release has some languid beats and shitloads of noise and samples in combination with those beats. If it had more guitar, it would perfectly fit into the perspective of doom & sludge metal or slow post-industrial stuff like Colossloth, or even a bit of Author & Punisher but with the emphasis way more on the noise layers than the rhythmic layers.
The 3″ has two tracks of around 9 minutes, so the 3″ is again a perfect medium for this. The first track is the title track, and I love how the noise creates a whole new reality in the stinky oil business in this world. The second track is called “Looming Shadows of the Past” and starts a bit more sci-fiish; at least, that’s how I interpret the rattling sounds. The slow beats also hit the composition, and the metal clanging induces a Godflesh feeling. That’s no punishment.
There is not much to be found about Platonoff, and the promo text on the IDR website only states, ‘Freedom for Navalny and all political prisoners of Russia!’. Sadly, we lost Navalny two days after the release of this little gem. Sadness, anger, or injustice will likely be the conceptual approach for the next Platonoff.
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