Antigua Ibis
"Visages of Tlaloc"
C26
Rotifer Cassettes
Genre: fleeting images amid murk
Gainesville, FL
March 2010 |
Abstract sonic muddle and field
recordings collide on this very limited collaboration between
Rotifer head David Toro and Vanishing Hour Revival kingpin
Evan Galbicka. I couldn't tell you how they concocted this
garbled adventure, partly because the whole thing is buried in a
thick lo-fi haze. One struggles to sort out the nuances of the
sound, although choice elements pop out here and there – an old ship
creaking against waves, synthesizer tones amid the carnage,
tribal woodwinds, faraway birds
chirping... it's strangely soothing, oddly magical stuff, the sort
of bizarre sound sculpting that tapes were made for. A dark room and
attentive ears are all that's required to let this whirling fog roll
over you.
Michael
Tau
[Vitals: limited to 35 copies, distributed by
the
label,
released 2010] |