Tourette "Brûle Mon Ame, Broie Mon Corps; Remodèle-Moi A L'image D'un Chien" CD
Phage / Skeleton Dust
Why I like for example 3"CD? For length. While I appreciate possibility to create full length album, I also realize the advantages of shorter length. This is not "mCD" or 3", but instead of filling all the space of media, CD is just 30 minutes long. Two tracks of noise, what mainly consist re-mixed materials from 2007 releases and some additional material. I can't say if it's "remix" or whether he simply did new material based on raw takes of those sessions (I have no recollections of those two releases). However, it's very good stuff. Very precise, very composed. It takes advantage of symphonic, yet minimal orchestral drones that are mixed subtle on the background, while highly distorted and hectic harsh noise is on the top. While you could say that perhaps this CD has some similarity to Jason Crumers "Let there be Crumer" (Both released same year, don't know which came first) in terms of advanced level of timing and composition of noise, it also has some similarity to... lets say Monde Bruits. For frenzied fast moving, often ultra crisp high electronics.
What I'm not great fan of, is the quality of harsh noise where pedals end up serving role of pure electronics instead of being method of modulating some specific source sound. This is not blame on Tourette, who does this extremely well, but simply my own taste. Luckily, since he does it so well, I don't mind that source sounds are heavily clouded in restless electronic storming.
If this release was 2013 release, perhaps one could put it on these lists of "best noise releases of 2013", but release came out already spring 2012. So... who has heard his 2013 release "Cendrier Du Voyag" tape??
