Art arrives, thankfully, in all substances. So why not noise? What is easily described as a collection of music based on noise is more than the sum of its parts on of 910 Noise Volume One. Combining noises found within the 910 area code and ambiance, the collection serves up something between the realms of otherworldly, manic and seductive.
These sounds are toyed with, manipulated to create music. Perhaps what could be dismissed as background or incidental scoring in a film soundtrack, the artists have molded the common into something strange and elusive.
Barefoot Machete’s ‘Hello Halloween’, works like a concoction of techno beats and computer infiltrated voices, layered with scratchy sub textual sounds and reverberation. Barefoot Machete’s ‘Thrown’ stomps and commands, mixing analogous high tones of Portishead with the strange orchestrations of the 1950’s Forbidden Planet soundtrack. Double Suicide’s ‘This Is How I Want You to Remember Me’ is dreamy, think UNKLE’s ‘Bloodstain’ without the beats and vocals while adding Title Ceremony’s strumming tension. Puke on Mike’s ‘Puke Wars’ is electrical energy out of control, Ministry without using wild guitars. The spurts of energy pause briefly and electronic voices choke in the background, sounding like HAL-9000 drowning.
There is undefined energy to the composing and certain tracks carry a hidden sexuality to them. That could be one person’s interpretation. Perhaps each composition simply lends its own moods, producing an emotion or story. Some tracks are just eccentric but nonetheless intriguing.
The disc is an experiment for sure, but it’s well worth the spin if you are interested in a different musical voyage. It is ethereal and at times moody and hypnotic.
- Brian Tucker
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