Inner Demons #23
https://innerdemonsrecords.bandcamp.com/
FAIL – Unfortunate Things – 3”CDR/Download
– [IND170] – 2024.
1. Tallypractice.
2. Unadequacy.
Fail is the project of Dan Fox; I
always expect great things from this project.
Tallypractice glitches around
until it lands in the middle of a conversation made up of slowed down voices and
sped up voices that overlap to form an unintelligible community of sound. Huge,
distorted drones flood the voices and cascade with others to build up the depth
of the sound. As waves of distortion wade in to smother the remaining voices,
the density can be felt. Blasts of noise cut into this, until the drones come
back, rumblings and glitches can be heard throughout it. The aggressive noise
returns to beat these proceedings up, it is as if the noise is created by
pushing the sound into an accelerated hyperdrive. This is an explosive
collision of Industrial and Harsh Noise.
Unadequacy: Pulsating humming and
crackling distortion fill my headphones; a keyboard melody plays but becomes a
melody of distortion as it rises in volume. The death hum that backs this, impresses
me greatly. As things change speed, the contrasts dart and change around Unadequacy
at a rapid pace towards its end.
This is excellent work.
Platonoff – Evil Smells Oil –
CDR/Download – [IND169} – 2024.
https://platonoff.bandcamp.com/album/uno-lump
Russian project Platonoff from
Saint Petersburg has been active since 2020. Evil Smells Oil is their 4th
release for Inner Demons Records.
The title track uses a slow,
farty sound that is backed by a beat’s low rhythm. As the track begins to fully
form, noise overlap the proceedings, building like a whirlwind over the rhythm.
As the distortion dies off, we are left with slow noise and rhythm which
progresses to the sound of emptiness. Slow trumping drones return to introduce ‘Looming
Shadows of the Past’, this uses some impressive synth humming and drones to deliver
a stronger sound. The rhythm reemerges to clash over the deep bass which sounds
ancient and slow as if representing the Looming Shadows of the past. An interesting
release.
RDKPL- Herr Pes Trinch – CDr/Download
– [IND168] – 2024.
1. 231022_03
2. 231022_04
RDKPL is Radek Kopel and comes
from Most in Czechia. This prolific project has been releasing recordings since
2021. Kopel goes right back to 1994 with a range of different projects.
Funeral noise sounds off to
introduce 231022_03, I like the combination of keyboard and hissing, glitching
sounds. Low deep, distortion passes underneath this and is revealed fully whenever
the sound stops as if giving a brief pause to the noise. The main noise that
leads the track fills out into a combination of warped psychedelic wavering
keyboards and deep underrunning bass; the combination of both elements thrusts
the sound forwards. The two elements break up so you get short, sharp blasts of
each at the end of the track. Further glitching sounds, albeit more fractured explode,
the sound is faltered lots making the track a series of high-speed cut ups. 231022_04
is a fractured collage of noise spread across 10 minutes. A good release, but
the first track was by far my favourite.
Jon Watkins & Fail – Reflections
on Art and A.I. – 3”CDr/Download – [IND162] – 2024
https://jonwatkins86.bandcamp.com/
https://thirtyfive.bandcamp.com/
1. You
Were Warned…
2. …And
Now It’s Too Late.
You Were Warned…, displays a
combination of guitar melody and noise that complement each other perfectly.
The guitar is untreated as if just played straight into an amplifier and the
noise builds a murky atmosphere around the melody. There isn’t a lot to say
other than how beautiful this track is. In contrast to this …And Now It’s Too
Late, allows the drones of FAIL to take the leas and the guitar is a bit
noisier this time, less melodic. The atmosphere is edgier to this track, but
each artist compliments the other perfectly. I think this is a gorgeous
release, both artists have worked together to make an awesome collaboration.
Nothing and Nobody 2024.
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