Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Maläd / Dekonstruktor split (Freak Friendly DIY, 2016)

We have split here between Maläd from Ukraine and Dekonstruktor from Russia - full east Europe noisecore attack! Side A - starts with some slow rhythm and very distorted guitar - very depressing and fucked up sound. I saw Maläd few times live and they always had some crazy aggressive stuff - this showed me that they can do slow stuff with same skill. But toward end we get glimpse of Maläd style chaos - beat start to be faster and slower and chaotic, and guitar goes from feedback to buzz and back - total massacre!  If i can order a song for i next live - i would like this one please!
And on side B we have - baby chicken? That is what is pictured on Dekonstruktor side of tape. Some mean chicken are those - following the style of side A - slow beat and depressed overdistorted guitar. I have never been a guitar fan myself - but this kind of guitar i could listen any time of day (maybe night also - but neighbors wouldn't share my enthusiasm i think...).  Dekonstruktor also push the pedal to the metal toward the end of song - and we have some more screeching guitar before we drift into some riffs that sound like its from some "normal" guitar music (that part i didn't like much - it remind me too much that i don't like guitar - but its good as a contrast i think).
All in all very satisfying split. You can buy that for 5 eur or whole Freak Friendly DIY discography for only 8.70 eur here
So don't be cheap - add those 3.70 eur and get them all!

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Zyrtax - Reflex Ultra (Stront, 2011)

Another old one from Stront label - but since its still available - why not to review.
First time i heard of Zyrtax project, and since cover is very minimal - just split in half with two concrete-like textures on both sides i expected some minimal/ambient/experimental sound.
But it started with loud space like pulsing and many high pitched sounds, and soon after start howling voice started. Some nice effects on voice so its totally integrated in these space sounds...
For a moment everything stops and we just here some frog-like pulsating sound, which lead us into second part of this track, with some constant high pitched sound and some interference in the background. Everything sounds very sci-fi but don't worry its very noisy, but is not usual typical harsh noise sound, since its more electronic and futuristic)
All of a sudden some distorted voice,like from some radio transmission, gave us some message and lead us into some noisy sounds with very disturbing screaming that also sound like coming from outer space. I believe whoever made this tape had whole sci-fi script in his head before making this because all sounds like there is some logic and flow to it.
i will now stop writing and and rewind so i can listen to a full tape - its a shame that this detailed piece of work just play in background of my writing process...
So all recommendations to this one - if you like more subtle noise and more artificial/spaceship sounds in compare to usual pedal noise set...
Ask Stront for copies...