About two years ago, there was a short period in which I could review not one but three releases of Dead Body Love. And now there is again a brief stint in which I get to review two Dead Body Love albums and one album of a side project named Drift. So, first things first.
Behind Dead Body Love and Drift is Gabriele Giuliani. A third quite active side-project that should be mentioned, by the way, is Discordance. Dead Body Love was active in three periods: 1995-’98, 2008-’11, and right now, we see several rereleases of his older stuff. And there is a reason for that. It’s a) great stuff, and many releases were in so low numbers that it’s now impossible to get your hands on it. Thankfully, people now recognise the quality of some older releases and decide it’s quintessential that they are available for the new generation of people interested in noise—labels like Trunks, Phage Tapes, Input Error and Eighth Tower.
The original “Annihilation Devices” was released on tape on the Less Than Zero label. In a plastic A5 bag with a paper cover. Like so many tapes in those years. Less Then Zero was/is Gabriele’s own label but did not restrict itself to his releases. Deison, Lasse Marhaug, Government Alpha, Sshe Retina Stimulants, MSBR, Incapacitants, Skin Crime, Slogun, K2, Marc Solotroff, Aube, Deathpile, Macronympha, Atrax Morgue, Pain Jerk, Contagious Orgasm … And there are still more names. I mean, Come on! That is gold! American, Japanese and Italian noise in all its aspects and when I tell you it’s reading about and listening to Japanese noise that inspired Gabriele to make noise, well, then “Annihilation Devices” will not surprise you.
Two tracks of over 20 minutes, both “Untitled”, and musically, it’s about as harsh as it gets without becoming HNW. There is so much happening in there. There are even a few breakdowns and moments of rearranging the mix, which are almost strong enough to wonder if a new track started. But no. It’s two celebrations of dynamics and harsh distorted noises. And one of the adorable things in here is that throbbing slow pulse you hear in the track as sort of a Lorenz attractor in chaos, like what makes your head bob in power electronics or deep drones. It’s just really, really good noise!
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