A revenant returns as a spirit after death, and art can be an experiment in new forms, one might not like it all. For me, “Burn I” and “Burn II” were tough, but then “Dome 2080” is Extraordinarily Awesome! Yes, very good.
Keep your arms in a defensive position
Drums, Field Recordings, Harmonium, Mixing, Mastering, Artwork, plus three tracks, a somewhat difficult two part theme and then something completely different.
Sit up straight and keep your arms in a defensive position. “Burn I” (3:32) brings a loud electronic pounding overload, not quite working out a pattern. To many listeners, this is going to be a difficult subject matter, and some might call it off, but I am here to urge you on. “Burn II” (3:26) arrives in a different tempo, there is the same intense listening experience, to me provoking an audio audience shock and awe. If you haven’t already, check out vintage noise-art recordings of Merzbow from Japan and Minoy from California. All are very different, but they share a sense of imposing an artistic challenge upon the listener.
This next track is why I brought you here, “Dome 2080” (3:17). Now this one goes in a very different direction than the Burn twins. I think this is the sweet stuff, rich and soaring in slow motion, deep cosmic trickery, I love it. What is in the black box? There is no bad art, it should all be attempted, by any means necessary. Always there are things I would like to hear again and there are some, not so much. A revenant returns as a spirit after death, and art can be an experiment in new forms, one might not like it all. For me, “Burn I” and “Burn II” were tough, but then “Dome 2080” is Extraordinarily Awesome! Yes, very good.
Black Box Revenant is a follow-up to the Black Box EP from November, 2023.
Black Box Revenant is available on Bandcamp.
