Dispersive Light - Spider
Do u like spiders?... For most of my small boy-years, I was totally afraid of them! Completely unaware that those who lived in my room, actually killed and consumed horrible blood-sucking bugs like the mosquitos and small irritating house-flies. Today, I am ok with them and I even have a tarantella. I am ALSO ok with one of the latest album called Spider by Ukraine-based Dispersive Light. Released via the label (also from Ukraine) called VOLOK Records. A lovely printed CD-R in a great looking solid cardboard limited to only 20 copies (so be quick for the physical version kids!). 8 tracks, 42 minutes.
Dispersive Light´s Spider can be described as guitar-based drone-ambient with industrial moods. Or you could say...not really drone-metal or post-rock, but pure haunted scrapyard ambient noise-rock! The sound is a very living and dynamic being, pulsating waves after waves of crunchy moods in your face. You can almost smell the blood on the distorted guitar strings here, and you can feel the heavyweight-sound holding you down while hypnotizing you. Would that be the spider hypnotizing you, before devouring you (sucking you dry??). I am not 100% sure about that (spider devouring you) since after listening to this great album, it left me in a state of blissful and focused relaxation. A very meditative sensation with tons of analog drones and ritualistic undercurrents. A world of sound that you can emerge yourself totally into!
I cannot really go down and describe each and every track on the album since the whole thing/tracks work together as one thing/entity. I can recommend this for those who enjoy some of the more experimental tracks with Swans (Soundtrack For the Blind), Stahlwerk Symphonie by early Die Krupps, Controlled Bleeding, but also for fans of that pioneer of industrial esoterica Z´ev (R.I.P). Do yourself a favor and go get it! A rarity u will hear (every time) from the start and to the very end. And the good thing about it is that Disperlive Light has already released many more albums, which can be heard on the Bandcamp site!
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