Dada Drumming has been reviewed several times, most recently in Vital 1393 with the sampler “Capturing The Wind”. The one track that stood out for me was the collaboration between Kazumoto Endo and Kaori Komura. And not too much after – now – there is a total length of Kazumoto Endo with three ear-piercing tracks released, no collaboration, it’s Kazumoto Endo’s “At The Controls”. The cover is a cutup/copy-paste image where he is inside a head with an EMS-like controller. (Insert Nerd modus: I can’t see any pins in the matrix, so I can’t tell you if it’s an actual machine used on this release.)
Three incredible harsh outings of Kazumoto Endo of 15 minutes each, so 45 minutes of pure electronic emotion. “Into the controls”, “At the controls”, and “Out of the controls”. Three variations may be related to a particular set-up or choice of gear because the sound is entirely in sync with this release. Where you sometimes see artists creating completely different settings and generating a familiar sound through mastering, it sounds like, on this one, it’s all related somehow. But I couldn’t tell you what I’ve been listening to.
Loads of hardness, some distortion, but mostly a collage of extremes with moments of silence where less harsh and more subdued or subtle sounds get into the mix for a moment of contemplation. Yes, a moment, because that’s what you might get.
I would interpret this album as Kazumoto Endo went into the session and did a first take to explore his sonic canvas and the chosen set-up or machines (#1). Then, he did a second take where he manipulated everything at the spot better prepared and maybe some pre-recorded sounds to record emotions the way they were at that exact moment (#2). Finally, he did a track where he could incorporate everything into a singular track that is so fukked up loud and intense, with a cup-up harsh noise in sync with the chosen artwork, out of control. Great work.
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