The Monument tape got a (i think) awesome review from Serious Fucking Business in france. One of the few things i could pick out was that he compared it to Wrnlrd and Wintherr meeting in a dream...sweeet.
"Surprenante découverte que j'ai faite via l'apocamix de l'incroyable lapin anti-gravité et que je m'empresse de partager ici. Il s'agit en fait d'une obscure release cassette (épuisée) en provenance du label Sol Y Nieve. Cinquante minutes d'un ambient black qu'on jurerait presque être une affection du dieu Paysage d'Hiver: On y retrouve l'esthétique lowfi propre à la production du suisse, son minimalisme tendance mystique et recueilli, les motifs guitares/batterie simples et itératifs (oui, le mot est à la mode je crois), soutenus ou entrecoupés de litanies grognées, de chuchotements mystérieux ou de choeurs sacrés qui m'ont immédiatement rappeler un certain Kristall & Isa, ainsi qu'au Malefaesance de l'Acephale dans une certaine mesure. J'ose la comparaison car il s'agit bien d'une oeuvre à la personnalité suffisamment marquée, toute à la fois contemplative, irréelle, religieuse et hypnotique -sur ce point la qualité dronesque de certains morceaux et ces quelques arpèges de piano y sont aussi pour quelque chose. L'orientation générale de l'album et sa relative "tempérance", si on le compare au caractère abrasif et exacerbé d'un Nacht ou d'un Winterkält fait qu'on y atteint pas les sommets vertigineux dessinés par la musique de PDH. Mais celle de Monument est suffisamment bonne, originale et inspirée pour mériter de faire un tour dans vos oreilles. Wrnlrd meets Wintherr, en rêve. Les amateurs de black/ambient y trouveront certainement leurs comptes, et même les plus réticents au genre pourraient être séduits par la magnifique piste qui clôture ce I, un de ces instants balayant en quelques notes toutes les velléités à retranscrire l'expérience musicale à travers le prisme des mots, ces minutes pleines d'espoir capables de revigorer la passion qu'on croyait refroidie pour un phénomène aussi fascinant et bouleversant que la Musique. Autant vous dire que je ne me fous pas de vos gueules."
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The google translation is fucking AMAZING-ly garbled hahaha.
ReplyDeleteSurprising discovery I made through the incredible apocamix rabbit anti-gravity and I hasten to share here. It is actually an obscure cassette release (out) from the label's Sol Y Nieve. Fifty minutes of ambient black swear that almost god be an affection of the Winter Landscape: It includes aesthetics lowfi own production of the Swiss mystic minimalism trend and collected, the reasons guitars / drums and simple iterative (yes, the word is in vogue I think), supported or interspersed with litanies grognées, whispering mysterious or sacred choruses me immediately recall a Kristall & Isa, as well as the Malefaesance Acephale in to some extent. I dare the comparison because it is indeed a work sufficiently strong personality, all at once contemplative and surreal, hypnotic-religious and in this respect the quality of some songs and dronesque few piano arpeggios are also for something. The general direction of the album and its relative "moderation", when compared to the abrasive character and exacerbated an Nacht or Winterkälte fact that it reached the dizzy heights not drawn by the music of PDH. But it is good enough Monument, original and inspired to deserve a ride in your ears. Wrnlrd Wintherr meets in a dream. Fans of black / ambient certainly will find their accounts, and even more reluctant to gender may be enticed by the beautiful closing track that I, one of those moments a few notes in sweeping all the attempts to recreate the musical experience through the prism of words, those moments full of hope that can reinvigorate the passion they believed cool for something as fascinating and disturbing music. Let me tell you that I do not give a damn for your reds.
fucking WOW hahaha.
Diane is Canadian and speaks a little french I'll see if she can make any sense of it for you when she gets home.
i'm bummed that he doesn't give a damn for my reds.
ReplyDeleteOh, don't be sorry, in fact I actually care about your reds. I'm not able to integrally translate my review in english, but i mainly draw a parallel between the many mutual attributs of Monument's music and PDH's one, and I stress to the point that "I" is not a clone or a rip-off of his influences, but original and personnal..
ReplyDelete(P.S: The actual translation for the last sentence was, in substance, "You can trust me, i'm not mocking you", in case you give a damned)
thank you very much for the kind words ashpl, they are much appreciated and very encouraging! and don't worry, i don't give a damn for my reds either...
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