‘Trilogy of the Third World’ is (freely translated) the title of this triple treat of Brazilian noisician God Pussy. This is the first time I hear of him even though he has already been active for about 15 years. Loads and loads of releases all over the place and splits with many known and lesser-known artists. A few of those known ones include Ego God, Napalmed, Armenia, Torturing Nurse, Richard Ramirez, Incapacitants, Macronympha, Eine Stunned Merzbauten, Government Alpha, Knurl and GX Jupitter-Larsen. So Jhones Silva – God’s real name – earned his spot in the world of noise.
The first CD is titled “Governocídio” and was previously released in 2013. This album contains sixty-one tracks, of which fifty-nine are under a minute. Short explosions of noise or micro compositions with different titles, but my Portuguese is not of the nature that I can translate everything. Though ‘Police Satanica’, ‘Crise Economic’ and ‘Falsos Profeta’ might give a direction, you all have a fantasy and some logic to translate those yourselves. Compared with that first release, there is one extra ten-noise escapade called ‘Contundência Negra’.
The second CDR is ‘Retratando A Realidade Bélica’ which was released in 2016 as true 100% DIY in 20 copies in a plastic bag with a xeroxed magazine. The 15 tracks of the original release are again on this album with a bonus track. Musicwise, I hear a little difference between the two albums, but that might be the three-year gap between the recordings, or maybe it’s all just part of the artistic evolution of the artist. There is only one track under a minute, so Jhones is more dedicated to the actual moment’s flow (and message), in contradiction to putting as much energy and chaos in the shortest possible creation. Because of that, the tracks on ‘Retratando A Realidade Bélica’ sound way more mature. Furthermore, the balance here is better than on ‘Governocídio’. That might be because this is mastered for cassette, as you want those basses to saturate on that medium. But I can only guess.
The trilogy’s final part is ‘Não Vamos Dar A Outra Face’ (tr: let’s not turn the other cheek). Self-released initially on CDR in 2018 and now available on Love Earth Music for a hopefully larger audience. Because God Pussy deserves it. What I wrote for the previous CDR actually continues here. There are way more extremes in frequency and the balance of the compositions. And because of that, this trilogy is not only a great release to listen to, but it’s also an excellent document on how God Pussy developed as an artist over the years. It has a solid composition with lots of stuff happening, and even in its harsh noise approach and erratic behaviour, there are moments of rest, even if they are very scarce.
It was an excellent first encounter with one of Brazil’s finest.
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