it has been three days
since he locked himself
in the cabinet, under the kitchen sink
listening to the perplexing noises of the building
with a bizarre mixture of
joy and horror
All tracks recorded at the Lahmacun Studio.
The following works were selected and hosted in digital form at online festivals:
Manifest (A1) - Mrož festival 2020 (online edition), DRMK YouTube channel, Ljubljana, SLO on 23rd Oct, 2020. Grandmaster Conspiracy (B2) - OscilloScope Experimental Electronic Music, online streaming, Bangor (North Wales), UK on 23rd Feb, 2021. Interstellar Saughtering (A3) - G|O|D|W|A|F|F|L|E||N|O|I|S|E||P|A|N|C|A|K|E|S ℚ𝕌𝔸ℝ𝔸ℕ𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕄 ℕ𝕌𝕄𝔹𝔼ℝ 12., San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA on 27th Feb, 2021. Late Nigt Shopping 2 (A4) - “Unmasking. Experimental Sonic Practices” MediSouP Online Concert, Powered by: Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, CY on 11th Mar, 2021. The concert was kindly broadcasted in parallel by EastEast radio and We’re All Bats platform.
credits
released January 1, 2022
Electronics, Sounds & Photography – Rovar17, Xpldnglke
Mastered By – Rovar17
Artwork – Tamás Luspay
We find Abstract Household Warfare on cassette, another (new?) name by Rovar 17. I believe Rovar 17 is also the main operator behind the Unsigned label. Here's what I understand about this cassette. It says that "The following works were selected and hosted in digital form at online festivals" and then lists a whole bunch of online events, so I gather this is one of those "what did I do during lockdown releases". That should be gone soon, right? With much of the music that originates from this source, there is a crudeness to be found in the cracks of electronics. Electronics that I suspect are lo-fi-ish and perhaps creations made by the composer. And yet, the music isn't that noisy or all too brutal. Sure, at times, the music is loud, but loudness is not the ultimate goal of the music, so I believe. Rhythm plays a role too, and at times the music has that underground, totally off-beat techno idea, even when there is no dance in sight. Overall the music is excellent, but it could use a bit of trimming and editing. Some pieces are just a bit too long for what they are. Perhaps this is all a documentation of activities during the lockdown and only presented for completeness, but it all could have been more concise. At times more like Merzbow and, at times, Pan Sonic; sometimes, these two meet in a rhythm 'n noise battle. (FdW)
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