RRR - Collected Works 2009 / 2023
RRR is a French power-electronics/death-industrial act that has existed since 2012. Sebastian Bach is behind all the electronics. He is also the same guy who runs the label Required Rate of Return, active since 2015. Now we have a new release from the label with RRR, called Collected Works 2009 - 2023. Mind you, at this moment, it´s sold out! But that won´t stop me from reviewing it. It's a black 9-track tape that is almost 50 minutes in total.
The first track is called Final (hi-fi). It features a thick, fat, and wavy bass drone, dynamic and blistering radio static, pulsating clicking sounds, and then more waves of atmospheric and radio static. Not much more to it than that, but it´s quite effective! Love the sound of low-fi radio noise, all mixed into a noisy ambient soundscape.
The second track Ambigious Current offers smoked bacon on a frying pan, or is it something being shrink-wrapped? A steam-driven metallic train-like sound offers a touch of rhythm, while a murky undercurrent of fright builds up. The sound of a low-fi buzz coming closer and closer. A fantastic death-industrial track!
The third track called Long Time Ego kind of takes me back in time. Low-budget documentaries about serial killers from the 90s. Murky ambient-industrial background, creepy 80s horror-piano part, and the interview with... I think it's Ed Kemper. Lovely piece of late-night TV nostalgia here.
The fourth track Cut´NRoll is a lot like the former track, just with a lot more focus on the soundscape part. Slow heavy drones with waves of... is it the distorted recording of a voice? Exellent metallic stuff is going in the cellar below! This time it´s an interview with Dahmer.
The fifth track XPERT. A whining high-pitched tone sound, echoed microphone catching small sounds, a thick looped bass, and some effect-laden samples from something... movie/documentary. I really like the small echoing sounds here and there. Manipulated opera´ish female vocal sample adds an extra touch of ambient creepiness.
The sixth Ed Killer is a classic from one of the first albums by RRR, also the first one that I bought back then. I was so into that album, and that track as well! Perfect, sick, and morbid death-industrial soundscape stuff for fans of Marco Corbelli/Atrax Morgue. That´s all I can say! Highly underrated.
The rest of the album follows the great aesthetic, highly recommended for anyone thirsty for atmospheric death-industrial soundscapes. It can also be seen as an introduction compilation for curious listeners who don´t know this solo project.
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