It’s time again to get your ears blasted out with this triple treat from our friends at Troniks and Helicopter. Troniks is the label run by Phil Blankenship, whose name we will see a few times in this review. Helicopter is the label run by none other than John Wiese, who, like Phil, is one of the artists on these CDs. As long as I can remember, the Troniks website has been http://www.iheartnoise.com/, and it always made me smile. It still does because “Yes, we do!”
First album to get some attention here is “The Man And The Old Sea” by Sissy Spacek in collaboration with Vortex Campaign. Sissy Spacek is the project of Charlie Mumma and John Wiese, the latter being the master of experimental noise, whose name is also connected, albeit recently or in the past, to Bastard Noise, LHD, and Smegma. Additionally, collaborations have been released with Wolf Eyes, Pain Jerk, K2, KK Null, and Merzbow. This is just scratching the surface, as we only have a limited amount of space for a review. Vortex Campaign is a name you don’t see that often, and I personally only know it from the 1984 release with The New Blockaders and Coil. More information than it being a project by Jan and Paul Verstraete, who are also active under Orchestra Of The Obvious, I couldn’t find.
The album was created through mail collaboration with the sounds being generated by before mentioned artists, but who did the final sculpting, I have no idea. What I do know is that it is an intensive release to listen to. So much is happening, and it keeps changing as soon as you think you’re in the flow: two long tracks (20 and 30 minutes) and two short ones of under 5 minutes. I’ve now played it 4 or 5 times to try to describe what I’m hearing, but I gave up. I’m just going to pour myself a glass of red wine and listen to it yet again.
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