Macronympha - Macronympha (3 Snakes Cover) 2009
This is one of the "unreleased" Macro tapes from Rodger. Very early material recorded between 1990-1991 by both Rodger and Joe. It's a fucking gem.
A c90 absolutely jam-packed with 21 tracks! It isn't always searing harsh noise like later releases, even though it has that. A very solid mix of grimey loop work and lo-fi electronics.
This tape explores a lot of territory and dynamics. Sometimes more experimental and industrial in nature than later stuff, and other times beautiful distortion and feedback fuckery. Just push play, let 'er rip, and basque in the glow so to speak.
The tape kind of gets better the deeper into it you get. It starts off good, but I was surprised by the sheer power of some of the tracks towards the end of Side A, and especially the first few tracks of Side B, which are pretty fucking harsh. The second-to-last track, "Vagina", is also pretty hilarious.
There are a few of these early tapes from 1990-1992. Two that I think are particularly noteworthy, besides this tape, are the "1990-91 Vol. 2" which is excellent super crude loop heavy work and Futurismo, which I think is another highly underrated gem.
Love getting these early glimpses into the group and while different than later work in some regards, is equally worthwhile in my opinion.
