At thirty-nine minutes, abstract dark drones and punctuated slices of musique concrète flicker across densely layered clicks and disheveled echoes.
A perplexing auditory machination
Oh, the sweet sound of noise, improvised soundscapes, and field recordings can be rewarding if listened to with open ears. This captivating live performance by Rubbish Music duo Iain Chambers and Kate Carr—captured at Donaueschinger Musiktage—must have been a surreal experience. At thirty-nine minutes, abstract dark drones and punctuated slices of musique concrète flicker across densely layered clicks and disheveled echoes. Audible debris cascades within this vast and immersive composition where torn synth swells and drifting soundtrack auras break apart only to recombine along the way. As time expands—and it seriously does in one massive time stretch—a swath of disintegrating sound patterns emerge, seemingly to inform the listener that there is yet more to uncover that’s hidden deep in the background. Ultimately a rewarding sonic collage crafted in a live setting, this translucent assemblage displays raw electroacoustic fragments and found sounds of perplexing auditory machination.
The 750-kilogram snake of destruction fatberg is available on Flaming Pines. [Bandcamp]
