Charmingly released as an LP/Cassette combo, these two formats give us a grand total of 4 slices of effects laden electronic sludge that occasionally pushes through a piece of beauty just when you were least expecting it. But this is not a lump of noise per se as there is much of interest clinging to the undersurface of the lo fi atonality, as long as you really concentrate and immerse yourself in the mire of repetition and dissonance. At times reminding me of William Basinski's 'Disintegration Loops' (especially the last 5 minutes of 'Zoning out' on the vinyl) and at other times bringing to mind some of the really out there early Faust recordings - only recorded underwater. It also gives over a similar feeling to some of the Leyland Kirby/The Caretaker releases in that it gives you short glimpses of things that may, or may not, be there.Full respect to them, though, for the cassette release. This, and the Steve Moore demos tape, are responsible for me firing up the old cassette deck again - and being surprised at how great they sound. What next for the discerning luddite? The beautiful people at Brian records recently released a 5" floppy disc which i must get around to writing about soon - not that i can play the frigging thing , you understand..
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