Loss – She, Zombie – 3” CDR/Download
– Inner Demons Records – IN0020 – 2017 https://innerdemonsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/she-zombie-ind020
1. She,
Zombie.
2. Dead
Dreams.
This disc was part of the
recent, epic Inner Demons package that I recently received. This one threw me;
I was expecting straight up noise or HNW when I put it on but got something
totally different. Loss is a Dan Fox project that has been active since 2004.
She, Zombie uses a looped
sample of a female voice from a film I assume, this never stops, as a melodic
bass line plays in the background, the bass throws me back to the 1980s work of
Plecid. The use of atmospheric noise shifts to melodic keyboard drones as the
work progresses. The male vocal sample that takes over is rich and expressive,
the noise has become delicate, atmospheric electronica as if the soundtrack to
loss and sadness. As the female voice returns it’s warped more and more as the
track nears its end, it becomes androgynous and more incoherent as the music
gradually floods it, drowning it slowly. Only feedback is left.
Dead Dreams is esoteric in
comparison to She, Zombie’s warped soundtrack, except this has aggressive
electronica and beats. The use of melody is powerful and emotive. Dead Dreams contrasts
upbeat rhythm to the slowness of the opening track yet ties in through the style
of electronics. This is a much shorter track, but equally rich and evocative.
This release certainly grabbed
me, I was impressed by the usual, strong Inner Demons presentation and strength
of the work presented. Both tracks are great and worthy of purchase.
Choppy Noodles 2019.
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