A creepy portrait of a symbiont skull/baby is on the front cover of this self-released CDR by Stridore. The weird part is not the symbiont, nor the skull, but the eye in the baby’s half. It’s such a piercing look, bringing me back to one of the most influential horror movies I watched as a child: The Omen. Damien’s eyes … As I read the letter accompanying the release, which provides only limited additional information, I wonder if the information I will be hearing will connect to the impact I felt when I watched the movie.
Behind Stridore is Johny Prunell, who also releases under his own name, but of whom I had never heard before. I think I’ll also have a quick peek there, as in maybe understand why he chose a different name for this release ( insert break ) Hmm, ok. So I’ve just listened to a few moments on the release under his own name, “Canciones para otros tiempos” (Songs for other times), and even while there are some moments of ambient-ish or noise-ish sounds, the most significant part of that release is reserved for guitar-based music. Not one particular kind, but it ranges from rock-based to slightly metal to folk and neo-folk. So if you’re as curious a person as I am, you might want to check that. Not Vital material, but.
Back to “Stridore”. I suspect this is a collection of experiments that started with writing different tunes, but which somehow ended up triggering Johny’s mind so he felt like continuing the experiment. There are a few notable touches of sound on the album mentioned above under his name, and for example, “Canción Absurda” and “En Directo En Casa” are guitar-based experiments. Albeit one acoustic, one electric. And maybe more, who knows.
Twelve tracks in 53 minutes, and tracks ranging from under two to over 13 minutes, and while writing that, most are between 2 and 4 minutes. Enough to be curious, sometimes too short to get into it, at other moments too short because you want it to last longer. A very well taken first step to move from song-based music to the domain of abstract music.
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