GRUNT - petturien rooli cd - only other from Grunt i´ve heard (i believe) is a tape in the mid 90s, and there is some similarities, but much better now, a bit too controlled for my taste. But i really like the concept style of the album and it sure has an old industrial feeling to it that warms the heart. Favorite tracks for me is the more experimental and rumbling (sounds like a march through muddy fields) "kansanmurhan kone" + the all out noisy "rotohygienian aikakausi".
Freak Animal sampler cdr - been a while since listening to noise/p.e. and i hear in this comp. some of the reasons for me getting tired of it a few years ago, it has too much of a metal feel to me. Guess Genocide Organ plays a part as well, a band i´ve never liked. Still very good sampler with many quality artists, only real let down is Brethren that i found to be really bad/silly, and also have two tracks (did skip the second...). Absolute favorite is Gelsomina with out of control noise, pure bliss, and also Sickness & Pain Nail. Yao 91404 D is an artist i´ve liked before, this track was good as well. Very nice comp, and good to hear lots of artists i´ve just read about here and in S.I. mags, must say Bizarre Uproar was a bit of a let down after all the fuss, maybe not the best track? - cheers to Mikko for including these two with my SI order (really like the magazine, some great stuff!).
SKEPPET / STREET DRINKERS - split LP - well, Skeppet sounds pretty much exacly like i had expected, like a cheapo version of Harmonia, but must admit that i enjoy it a lot after a few spins, never dips into new age territory and it is a nice style. Street Drinkers i first found completly useless, but it grows with some more plays, a bit Deutsch Nepalish maybe, never been my kind of thing, but it does sound pretty muddy and weird with the chanting vocals and everything. Good for one lp-side, and unsurpricingly like a somewhat watered down Ättestupa. Good lp.
SNUFF - untitled LP - now this is how i like it! very crude and unsettling electronics, obsessive sounding and no fancy shit. Maybe songs could be a bit longer and vocals more varied, but it doesn´t really matter, great just the way it is. Remending a bit of "Peter Kürten" with many very short tracks. Seems to be obsessed with "black rapists"....
