Maurizio Bianchi & Gaba
Some kind of music/noise/recordings sounds best when the mood is just right. Being completely socially isolated in a ghost town (which used to be noisy) and now it´s just... ain't. An invisible killer lurks in the mist, in the form of a virus. Not only does it kill and infect millions, but it also gives the financial-world a huge dent in its fancy sportscar. One of the challenging records/albums which pleases my apocalyptic and virus-infected ears would be one of the latest by the Italian maestro and legend of industrial-experimentalism Maurizio Bianchi, in dear (and excellent) company with another act called Gaba. Gaba is a project of Garazi Gorostiaga and Enrique Garoz , Garoz is also the brain behind the excellent Tube Tentacles (see former review/link below). A limited 58 copies cassette release from Marbre Negre, sure to please any industrial-noise fan. 2 tracks, one on each cassette side and 47 minutes total.
Maurizio Bianchi´s track called Eur Voy, starts with sounding like something only he can do/create. Not actually industrial, not actually noise... not actually anything. BUT, it is nonetheless very interesting. Kind of spacy, abstract and brutal sort of psychedelic noisescape. Swirling and distorted synth-sounds collide into each other and end up in a rotating and liquid-like mass of sound, pumping and organic heart-rhythms can be felt in the undercurrent. Noise for psychedelic dopeheads (early Cluster) psychedelic-ambient for harsh noise-addicts (Mauthausen Orchestra). Interesting and good recording for sure.
Gaba´s track moves away from the abstract art-performance eerieness of MB and moves closer to a more soundtrack´ ish movie-aesthetic. Windy and woodsy-sounding drones haunt the deepest part of the dark and misty woods, undercurrents of mechanized factory-drones (and a pulsating organic rhythm) enter the arena of sound while a stream of surreal static works in the background. Great intro sofar! A choir of eons-old tortured souls can be heard (and felt) and gives the whole thing an excellent dark-ambient/ritual feel. Kind of Aghast/Brighter Death Now/CMI-feel here! Everything here feels and sounds realistic, close your eyes and listen... and you will be there. This recording is actually also a live recording (excellent quality recording here!), and you can feel the live feeling here very much, the intimacy is honest, sincere and VERY well done!
The split between MB and Gaba is VERY good, it would be a shame if you should miss it. Seek it out and give it a listen, you will not regret it!. It is as simple as that!.
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