Juçara Marçal & Cadu Tenório "Anganga" CD/Digital (QTV Label): Cadu, who you might know also as VICTIM!, is certainly not afraid to experiment. Just recently I discovered his Bandcamp account of self-named works. This is the first listen of six albums. Three are collabo's. Who Juçara is, I do not know, but she provides voice (and maybe more) in tandem with Cadu's very wide array of noise and experimental musings. This is very hard to pin down. Juçara's projections remind me of The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud or Rose Croix in their most abstract tendencies to traditional folk singing to Jarboe. There's moments of chaotic drone, trip-hop-ish rhythms, spasmodic nylon string guitar playing almost without melody, blasts of totally harsh noise. The vocals sometimes function purely as instrument.
Really eclectic and challenging, but there's a shit ton to enjoy here. Excited to hear some of these other works.
Loren Chasse "The Sodden Floor" C40 (Notice Rec.): Probably the most satisfying piece of ultra quiet sound I've heard in a long while. Up there with Joel Danielsson/Victor Eremita. It's a pleasant mixture of Wlm. Basinski mated with the naturalistic silencio of U/I•R. Maybe a little Ben Owen too, but less monochromatic. There's some sparse acoustic instrumentation and lots of field recordings. Deep in the woods, but maybe still in the cabin. Looking at the creaking ceiling late at night. Fire dying out as dawn begins its first creeping movement. Perfect level of tape hiss and almost all sounds maintaining an equal volume that creates an interesting him across both sides. Gorgeous art as always from this incredible label!
And I agree about Phocomelus, all three tapes got me going. So happy to see Patrick back in top form!
