HARSH NOISE London #19. DZKYIN. “Noisetape #1”.
Cassette. 2019.
SIDE A.
1. HNW
Mirror.
2. Hora
Dos Demonios Caminharem Pelas Estradas De Sua Mente.
3. Surviving.
4. 9’06”
5. Dipyrone.
6. Nothing
to Say About….
7. Never
Let Them Tell You How To Express Yourself (Cyberpunk Anarch)
8. Metronidazola.
9. Sujel
Meu Lencol De Porra.
10. C.F.C.
SIDE B.
1. 00.59.
2. 404
3. Into My
Brains.
4. 2017_11_29(3)
5. Denied
Experiment.
6. Fury
(Reverse Version)
7. Lembrances
De Um Passado Esquecido
8. Pathetic
Friday
9. LL We
Need Is Love Shock (Part 1)
10. Homophobics
Must Die (Compressed till 88 seconds)
11. Not
Music Today, Only Noise. (Edit)
12. Garganta
Raspada.
In a past review I’d really dived into a bunch of releases
from Harsh Noise London’s recycled cassette series. Old cassettes are dubbed
over with new material by different artists and given a new cover. All there is,
is a Facebook group for the label, no advertising anywhere else, it’s
restricted only to the group. I like the modernity, isolation and recycled
nature of the series, as well as the work itself. This time it is the turn of
Juan Carlos aka DZKYIN; a project that has been active since 2016.
Noisetape #1, at first, uses some very compressed, dense
low-end wall noise, Digital choppiness is woven into the work throughout the album,
tying in with the cyberpunk/virtual reality character aspect of DZKYIN. The Wall
qualities are strong though the deep, low-end background hum. Cuts and falters are
effective as the resonance of the hum intensifies massively. There are shifts and
changes in tracks which I believe may be movements into other works rather than
everything being cut up into a series of different tracks. As this all begins
to break up, it becomes a passage of pure, faltering, very low end, cut-up wall,
like a fire spluttering out slowly.
The B-side introduces severe passages of overwhelming
static radio signal noise which hums with a pulsating resonance. The work has
shifted from Walls to Harsh Noise, demonstrating a fiercely revitalised
strength of sound. Tonal abuse and broken distortion take over as part of a long
series of frequent sound shifts that eclipse the walls of the A side. The
dynamics seem to grow and grow, the low-end noise serves as a base for sharper
noises to stack on top of into tower like proportions. The ever-shifting nature
of this side is impressive and ensures constant engagement. Side B is a case of
saving the best until last.
I remember in the 2000s, buying work from American noise labels
like Obscurica and Gameboy, getting loads of CDRs by anonymous projects, some of
those projects are still here, some had a short lifespan, ending or changing
name to become another project. It’s beautiful to hear these phases of work and
how they develop, I get that obscure noise, beauty feeling when I hear DZKYIN
which could perhaps be one of many projects by the same artist. This is a good
release and an impressive addition to the increasingly heavyweight Harsh Noise
London recycled series.
Choppy Noodles 2019.
2 comments:
I'm Juan aka DZKYIN, and i really loved this review *----* Many thanks for it!
Thanks Juan, ace tape. Great label too.
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