Knurl - Acetylphasia CS : I had bought this used some years ago from someone who had removed the tape from the bag once he recieved it. If you dont know, this was coming with an acid moistened napkin that its fumes [?] are corrosive ! And judging by the look of the shell, very corrosive ! Screws of the shell were rusty, i shaked the cassette and rust was falling haha. I suppose this was done cause of the acid and not intentionaly used [?] . -My tape is a 2 sided C45~ BTW- . I decided i am too pussy and that i value my deck enough to not feed it with rust. So unglued the labels, kept them, and procceded to a transfer to another shell operation. But it was impossible to unscrew open. The screwdriver was totally destroying the rusty tips, till there wasnt any catch. Went to the basement and carefuly cracked the shell with a vise, and finally put the reels in a new shell. With a fear if that happened to screws in what condition is the tape inside i played the tape. To my surprise it sounded excellent -it still does- , it left some oxide residue on first pass -nothing tragic, but enough that i should clean- but that was one-off, from then it passes clean everytime. Since then i even keep it in a new case cause the original smells. - - Yes, that was a music review about Knurl.
I have listened two other Knurl lately too, and have them fresh in memory, the new tape on Nefarious Activities [if i recall correctly tracks are recorded in 2008] and Mesosoma CDR, and i think Acetylphasia is the one i prefer most of them. Cause it's different. It's not the harsher, it's not wild, it's mostly slow, with the saw blade cello creating an 'ambience' , would this qualify for guitar noise ? Sounds like many times. Favorite track the last one, a beatiful industrial piece.
Hey, can anyone confirm the long 20min track is the first one ? Just to be sure i didnt reverse the sides when transfering. Dont remember i paid notice on that.
PS: I see Thoracia is from the same year with saw blade cello too. Have to check this.
