Wince Wince (White Centipede Noise): Hell yes! Thanks for the tip Ryan. This is just what I wanted. Harsh noise served best with the speakers in the house turned up so loud you can feel it in the floor 100 feet away. This tape has some very tasty passages of almost subtle feedback that I really loved. When it blasts it blasts, but there's really a sense of composition and restraint as well, which caught me off guard.
Wince Vasovagal Syncope (White Centipede Noise): A less "pleasant" approach on this one. More harsh, grating, high-end noise. This makes much sense of
Wince's inclusion on
Nyrkki & Kyrpä II. Definitely a more straight-forward, and excellent, approach on this one. A "hi-fi"
Bizarre Uproar... Great simple aesthetic on all the White Centipede releases I've seen thus far.
Wince Mushed Down Retardation (Joy De Vivre): Add this to the list "Everything I've Heard On Joy De Vivre is awesome". Starts off quite hectic (that's a positive), with many layers of seemingly contradictory sounds all flopping atop one another. Something quite different than the big muffing on
Vasovagal Syncope. All-in-all a much more varied approach than the two releases above, which I enjoy far more. I hope the track title on the A-side means gang assault WITH hornet killer and not a collaboration with someone named Hornet Killer. Love the cynical laughter hidden in the mix. Fuckin' A...
Baculum/
Being/
Paranoid Time/
Wince Split & Collaborations (N/A): I think that if you are familiar with these four acts, you can hear it already. A fantastic listen and love that there are collaborations and not just solo tracks involved.
Tourette Cendrier Du Voyage (Foyer Second): Holy shit this cassette is awesome! Loved
Brûle Mon Ame, Broie Mon Corps; Remodèle-Moi A L'image D'un Chien, but this takes B. Clement's fantastic project to a whole new level. Reminds in certain ways of more recent
Blodvite and
Sewer Election works or even some of the tracks on the
Sonno Ferrum cassette. This doesn't feature the same elements I'm familiar with from his past two discs. Less sampling/cut-ups and more contact mic, (field recording?)...."harsh electro-acoustic collages" as the man said himself. There are those moments of, for lack of a better description, easy-listening feedback that are common in
Tourette's work, but it's also juxtaposed with some intense moodiness that no past release has really captured. There's also some moments of crucial 90's feedback purity, but this is still embellished with the sounds that make this release unique. Highly recommended near-hour of pure pleasure.
V/A Summer Scum 2013 (N/A): Trying so hard to make my way through this with focus, but it's next to impossible. Thus far, some points of enjoyment, but many of "meh...". Would help to be more familiar with these acts.
Der Stürmer Himmelstürmer (from forthcoming 7" on Breath Of Pestilence):
http://youtu.be/ofh-WstY2ro --- You must know what to expect by now... Also a split with
Wehrhammer coming out on BoP as well. Can't wait!
Evoken Atra Mors (Profound Lore): Finally got the vinyl treatment; now if only they'll add
Antithesis Of Light and
Quietus to the list. I didn't feel anything from the split with
Beneath The Frozen Soil, and still don't, but
Atra Mors is a killer from start to finish. There are of course the blatant
dISEMBOWELMENT vibes as always, but they've also tapped into their death metal past a bit - without at all sounding retro, thank goodness. Aside from the perfect piano interlude, there's nothing from left field. Y'know, it's sorta like the
Stürm, you must know what to expect by now. In this case, world class funeral-doom from true masters.
Panic Panic (Bridge Nine): Lynch me if you must, but this is easily the best 21st century piece of hardcore wax I can think of. Believe I was in the 10th grade when this was released and arrived on my doorstep and I still get amped like I did then when I hear "Into The Reasons". F-u-c-k.
Just saw that The Crypt re-released
Nuclear Death's
Bride Of Insect and
Carrion For Worm as a 4x12" (a bit excessive?!) --- do want!!
