This chaotic release has a delicious harsh originality to it, both dense and minimalist at the same time.
Cutting edge sonic design from the Arizonian breakcore industrialist
Not at all new to the world of experimental electronics, cutting edge sonic design, is Arizonian breakcore industrialist Terminal 11. This chaotic release has a delicious harsh originality to it, both dense and minimalist at the same time.
A very minimal number of elements, deceptively simple ones at that—an acid bassline, a drum machine, chaotically morph through subtle and un-subtle variations, both locked in their own little patterns and also moving and evolving as the tracks progress to a greater arc. Often by the end, those original elements are unrecognizable. The tracks take refreshingly unexpected turns, sometimes suddenly and sometimes in carefully drawn out transitions. Like a talented noise artist (think PanSonic), Terminal 11 makes it all work in a very coherent flow. Brilliant use of the most elemental sounds, drawing from a seemingly endless bag of sonic tricks, the entire EP is quite a ride and a good shot in the arm for a genre relatively short on releases this year.
Eyes Pressed Against The Glass is available on Black Opal. [Bandcamp]
