You’ve heard of Radek Kopel more often if you read the Vital Weekly letter by Letter. I’ve reviewed a few of his 3″s on Inner Demons Records before, so when I say he’s very productive, he’s been a member of Eine Stunde Merzbauten and Napalmed or the guy behind the now defunct Napalmed label. It’s all no surprise. He is telling you he has a new label called (K)anal Records to put out his sounds as well as the sounds of others; well, that won’t surprise you either. But the fact that he has over 300 releases on his name might. Because, as I wrote, this guy is productive as hell. R_KKK is just one of his many synonyms under which he releases, but because of him being active on Inner Demons with their strict policy, the ‘KKK’ in the name doesn’t bother me too much. R_K from Radek, K from Kopel and an extra K to draw attention. All good with me.
This CDR was released some years ago, so it’s already sold out. You can, however, look it up at Bandcamp and see if it fits your taste. In six tracks, around ten minutes each, he blurs out harsh analogue noises for the masses. But not for all the masses at once! That would be too easy. This album has: “Noiz For Girls”, “Noiz For Boyz”, “Noiz For Hmyz”, “Noizdra Z Pouzdra”, “Noize Pre-Pauze” and of course “Noiztromos For Alienz”. So, noise for the masses, but not all at once. And I must say, listening to the whole CD in one take is quite a lot to handle indeed. The kind of noise on this one and the harshness with which it’s recorded is an actual attack on your perception. I believe (but this is an educated guess) that he works with a dedicated setup for each recording. So over the whole line, there is a certain minimalism in the choice of sounds, but the wiggling of the knobs (read: dynamics of the colour palette) and intrusiveness of the sound make up for that.
I don’t have to say that Radek earns his position in the noise scene because that is something he has done way way way earlier already. But with releases like this, he reaffirms that position without doubt.
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