von Human Larvae » 18.07.2011 (11:28)
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DATE / ARTIST / TITLE / FORMAT / LABEL
02 06 2011 | HUMAN LARVAE -What Lies Ahead Cassette (Unrest Productions)
- Released 2011; posted by RN
Following the storming first action of 2011 in Shift's Morose (reviewed here), Unrest has put together this new cassette by Dresden's Human Larvae, a C40 of heavy and, similarly to the aforementioned tape, doom-y electronics crammed with atmospheric gloom and near-trancelike industrial blur. I'm yet to experience 2008's Home Is Where the Hurt Is, so this tape offered something of a very nice surprise.
Deep, soothing bass drones beneath the opening track, A Journey Towards Obliteration / Self-Destructive Thought Pattern, vocals initially aggressive before becoming mantra-esque and ominous. But this soon makes way for the second offering, Ego Feeder, submersing the low-end in a wind-tunnel of distorted sound, high pitched oscillations flickering away and vocals becoming muffled and intimidating. It's quite a change between these two tracks but one that blends seamlessly. As the track draws to a close, the noise makes way for a subtle mechanical sounding end. So far, so very good.
Moments I'd Like To Shove Your Words Back Down Your Throat is more placcid in approach but continues the same sense of tension, opting for a more hypnotic quality of soundscape with sampled speech patterns; the drone is back, but less prominent, not dominating the track but providing a strong foundation upon which Human Larvae's electronic manipulations ebb and flow.
Onto side B, And Then You'll Learn continues in much the same way, deep heavy low-end, starved feedback signals and sampled speech, haunting and oppressive. The tape really does a bang-on job of engaging you, the tones are warm but in a way clinical. Truth Seeker adds more static to the mix and sounds nastier, effected vocals make a return, barking desolately amidst distortion and reverb. Sub-bass aftershocks round out the track to a fade before the final track, Becoming the Locust, provides one final depressing slab of industrial dystopia. The turbine-like effect evoked on side A is in full swing, shut your eyes and the morbid vision creates itself, putting you in a pretty lonely place.
It's a very accomplished tape, desperate and evokative and like Morose, its strength is in the arrangement and atmosphere as much as it is in the raw sound that Human Larvae has created.
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