I.M.d.P. feat. SCRPC -
ACT 084 / Hyper Sprawl Renaissance
A release from French-bassed Abhorrent Creation Tapes that came back out in the spring of 2024. Highly cryptical project name, with a highly cryptic album title as well. U kind of got into the whole cyberpunk design regarding the cover artwork, I really didn´t know what to expect from this.
Anyway, I tried doing some minor research regarding the act itself. The act is also known as II Mestruo Dell Puttane, and the act's name for this release should be seen as a moniker that they started back in 2023. Otherwise, they have been active since the late 90s with tons of various releases. This release is one of their latest. There is a minor description of the album on the label´s Bandcamp site, which tells us the following:
39 minutes represent the return to a harsh noise framework which is a subliminal message with references to the 309 frequency.
2 files, 2 locations, and 2 passwords to extract an encrypted message through 6 pieces of electro-abuse straight from the sprawl.
This kind of gives the curious ears around them an idea of what sort of "music" we are dealing with, so I gave the CD a spin on the stereo... and here is what happened. By the way, all the tracks have some long and cryptic titles!
The first track is called Position Otpauth--TOTP-OTPAUTHNTCO...right! The dense and explosive multilayered sound of AM/FM radio-like static travels between your stereo high-speakers. There might be some kind of organ-keyboard in there, and some flanged sound effects giving the listener a slightly psychedelic experience. A certain kind of 90s Japanese here for sure!
The second track Secret-KNXX... (etc etc) there is a lot more chaotic stuff going on. Interesting creepy effects on the sounds here, for some reason it made me think of a track with Consolidated called Meat Kills. The sounds of the noisy track move up and down and crack like a crazy and wrecked rollercoaster ride.
The third (and fourth track)... Well, the madness is still going strong and being very... consistent. The presence of synths are present in the background but are completely drowned by the dense and massive wall of howling digital noise. Later on in track 4 the sounds get kind of chopped up with a mind-numbing side-effect.
With the fifth track Secret... the sound gets closer to a more death-industrial machine-sound than the former harsh-noise sound. A harsh, sluggish, and rhythmic sound. A high-pitched (and altered) scraping sound of sharp steel moves in and out of the rhythmic sound keeping the listener on edge through the track.
The last track PASSWORD... Further slides into the noisy side of say... Tetsuo the Ironman? The sound of the former track is being followed up on this one as well, so it is still in the rhythmic industrial sound. Here we hear atmospheric sound elements that are constantly being ripped apart by savage noise elements. There is a nice complexity going on in this track.
It is an incredibly challenging thing to go through. The sound... is the sort of sound that just goes straight into your mind, and your ears are offcourse ringing when the album ends. And no, I didn´t hear it on a high volume! The density of the sound is quite incredible, and the brutalism of sound is achieved without a doubt... I do think it lacks a certain kind of thing. Be it a varied sort of sound quality (just to name a thing), or a wider arsenal of various (hearable) sound effects. And another thing, might be taboo to say this (for any noise fan)... but I do think that the recorded material (and sound quality) was too hard for the ears (in the length). But then again, if it was the attention of giving the listener a headache (even the hardcore noise fans!), the mission was achieved. Listen with caution!
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