More
If, Bwana than Illusion Of Safety, this recording captured at Le Bonheur in
Brussels is a classic meeting of low-key geniuses interested in the generation
of pseudo-static electroacoustic miasmas where silence is banned and fluctuating
muck that slowly turns into barely repressed rage is a given. Music that starts
from near-immobility to accumulate tarnished layers and myriads of loops replete
with human imperfection, radioactive pollution, labyrinthine inhospitableness
and not-too-effusive contemplation. The core tissue is at times augmented by
unexpected reed-and-whistle-driven predicaments (electric guitars, also?) manifesting
puzzlingly upon a foundation of metropolitan textures, the whole thoroughly
informed by artistic rectitude. At the end of the day, the pastiche sounds galvanizing
and entrancing at one and the same time, each new listen revealing additional
particulars which contribute to the sense of consistency that the performance
in its entirety exudes.
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