Skin Area - Rothko Field (TumorCD52)
3rd full length release from this acclaimed Martin Bladh (IRM) project(in conjunction
with Magnus Lindh), following 2002's New Skin CD and 2006's double CD Journal
Noir/Lithium Path, both on Cold Meat Industry.
Like previous works, Rothko Field is a visceral auditory experience...mind bending and
turbulent sonic explorations that are grainy, abstract, and tense, where uneasy
frequencies intersect with caustic drones, insectile buzz, swelling drifts, and slow
motion, percussion driven sludgery. Further comparison reveals Rothko Field to be less
schizophrenic, less challenging, and more structured than in the past, coming off as both
spacious and yet suffocatingly claustrophobic, suggestive of a spiral downwards into
mental decay and degradation, and further enhanced by Martin's uniquely distressed and
provocative vocalizations.
9 tracks total, broken into two "mirrored parts", with track 5, "Void" acting as the
actual mirror itself. In digipak, with full color 24page booklet. $11 from www.malignantrecords.com