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CROWN OF BONE & WILT – NEUROSIS OF ENTHRALLMENT (CDR by Obfuscated Records)
Two solo pieces here by each band/person/project and then a lengthy collaborative piece. I don’t think I heard of Crown Of Bone before, but this kind of loud, unrelentness (harsh) noise (wall) is not so much my cup of tea. I could have passed this on to Jliat, like I did with the other two new releases on the same label, but actually Wilt is something I quite dig. Here we have two pieces of dark dramatic drones, lots of reverb and the guitar is slowly burned down. Or wait, maybe it’s some sort of metallic thing tossed around in the basement? I don’t know, really, but it sounds quite alright. Maybe as subject matter all too dark and too ‘gothic’ (too much reverb at least) for me, but the sun is shining and I’m in good mood. The best thing here is the thirty-five minute collaborative piece between the two. It leaves out the noise element of it all but ends in a fine racket of distorted guitars at the end, which is great, but is also way more complex than the Wilt solo pieces. Its more like shimmering tones, deeply processed feedback, not too much reverb (or perhaps so much we hardly hear it anymore) and altogether a more than excellent piece of very dark ambient music with a loud coda to it. Great collaboration. (FdW)
Address: http://www.obfuscatedrecords.com/

Circuit Wound waits and waits for the listener to slip into a comatose state expecting the drone to continue on, and then hits with a relentless assault. The layering of the cacophony, too, is some of the better harsh noise I’ve heard.

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I recently sent Mr Das a big care package and he gave several of the items contained within a spin.

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Obfuscated Records catalog page for Horrible Signal

Horrible Signal is a short but excellent release, and I would take it any day over a long blast of repetitive and overdone harsh noise. It’s a fresh dose of sound – Pulsating Cyst doesn’t linger too long on the same sounds, but the idea of each track remains even as the textures are shifted.

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From: Existence Establishment

Here’s a release where neither artist nor label rings a bell, but there’s a sticker on the package that boasts glow-in-the-dark vinyl! You have my attention. Deep green artwork with card stock inserts and stickers make this a worthy fetish item before even spinning it.

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I received a copy of this release recently .. not that it matters but I didn’t realize it was released over a year ago.. well better late than never. The Somnolent website says it is sold out but there are currentlya few copies available on discogs.com. This release has had several favorable reviews to date. I listened to it several times before sitting down to put in my 2 cents. Continue reading →