Damien De Coene - Sans Titre
Damien was reviewed back in 2018 and even got on the best-years of 2018. Now he is back again on Anoxia Records with Sans Titre. A limited 1-cassette release which comes in a box intended for... 3 cassettes I think? This boxset (and tape) has been bound by a golden string, in a very intriguing and mysterious way. Inside you´ll find a nice looking golden-looking tape. Sans titre means untitled in French, and the album is one hour long containing 4 tracks (3 in 10 minutes and the last in 30 minutes).
First track defines the style chill-noise-wall. Sounds (sort of) like hearing microscopic rain inside a tent, while a small portable TV producing relaxing pink noise. Get´s your ear's attention, very pleasant to hear if you ask me... pure ear candy!
Second track pumps more noise into the grinder. When your record player has caught too much hairy dust while playing. Or the recorded sound of a storm outside... close to the sea. Or the gentle sound of an MP3-player recording while being inside a rotating drying-machine. A very multiple picturesque sound-vision here.
The third track might just be the most... microscopic glitch track here. An incredible mind-stimulating experience going on here. Traces of something hidden between the distorted clicks. For some reason, my mind (and time) stops!... and enters a static sense of pure delight. The smallest moments matter in the big scheme, as this track proves it.
Last and fourth track on the album ends it in a way more brutal fashion, also, of course, being the longest track. The motors of drag-racers, jet-engines, blow-torches? Or the "everlasting" sound of a burning sun? It challenges the listener with its 30 minutes!.
An HNW/ANW album which offers all that which noise-wall can (or will) delivers. Brutal effects with tons of sound and gentle rain-drop clicks offer the delight of silence. A "gentle" introductory release for anyone who wanna get into HNW. Recommendable! Do go and explore on Damien´s Bandcamp site (link below), tons of releases there!
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