One name very well known, and one entirely new for me. And this release is a collaboration, I can not say who does what or in what way this collaboration started or developed. So yeah, difficult to review for sure… Matt Atkins is the one I had never heard of before, and his projects don’t ring any bell or alarm clocks. Therefore, it’s hard to use any material as a reference as to what his collaborative contribution is. Discogs states he is a sound and visual artist and drummer and has been releasing under his own name since 2010. So, quite some time already. Whitelabrecs, Grisaille and Invisible City Records are amongst the labels, which is a little indication of where to think sonic-wise. But because I don’t know what Matt typically sounds like, I can’t tell what the input (or output, if you so wish) of Modelbau is in this project, even though I’m quite familiar with many of his previous releases. The label on which this 40-minute cassette is released is the UK-based Moonside Tapes, run by James Wilson, whose name I recently came across is ‘Opt Out’ on the ‘False Depictions’ release on Kringloop Cassettes. It’s a small world, after all, right?
‘The Deconstruction Sequence”‘ is one big hypnotizing experience. In six parts something gets deconstructed and reconstructed. And it’s done beautifully. If you were thinking it: No, this is not the drone stuff with reverb-induced sounds and tapestries flowing into an ambient flow. You know, the stuff I’m fond of 😉 The deconstruction really fits as it’s all small sounds – though not as small as grains in a granular setup – that is creating something again. What is the source? Who knows! What is the result? Mesmerizing structures of microsounds. Like a big castle built of Lego bricks or something like that. And no, not all walls are made of bricks of the same colour: That’s the beauty of it! There are dynamics all over the place; it’s wild recordings, it’s micro sounds, it’s digital and analogue at the same time. It’s a sonic landscape of unknown origin, where you think you’ve been before but don’t recognize anything.
Final words I’ll be saying: It’s a tape limited to 25 copies, and there are only so many left. So, if you’re a tape collector, you probably should act. I’m reviewing this from a digital source, but I would love to hear what the tape as medium adds to this one. For all others, the Bandcamp version is available as ‘Name your price’, and I expect to see many of your names there soon.
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