Entre Vifs -Ontologie – CD – Aussaat – 2018 – Aussaat06.
Stainless (Session33)
Charivari (Session 35) – Part 1.
An Sich Und Fur Sich (Session 44)
Charivari (Session 35) – Part 2.
None of the Above (Session 46).
Entre Vifs is a French Noise project now consisting of members Shirubee and Zorïn; they have been actively releasing works since 1989. Mirka Lugosi was involved at some point recently. In the eighties it was Zorïn and Ruelgo. They were linked to Le Syndicat amongst other artists. Ontologie is their seventh album
and is released on Will-I Stasch’s Aussaat records. The tracks on the
album were recorded between 2011 – 17 and performed and recorded live in their own
Noisecraft Workshop.
Stainless (Session33) delivers some impressive passages of
noise, I am unsure of all the exact sound sources, but the act does have their
own handmade steel instruments that are then sent through microphones and
effects. It really makes for a strong Cacophony of
noise that shifts and varies itself continuously. The shifts are good as the
work rapidly moves into a lot of different areas of noise within the track, the
only familiars are some of the noises used. I am unsure of the source of the sounds that contrast the more obviously metal clang
like noise.
Charivari (Session 35) uses sharper noise than the previous track
but is made of a more minimal palette of noise. This makes the noises a lot
more severe yet the dialogue between them has a humorous and playful feel in
comparison to session 33. It highlights a signature Entre Vifs move which is
the continual sound shifts, yet this still differs massively from the first
track. An Sich Und Fur Sich (Session 44) uses a lot more cut-up
sound that is more fractured as a whole, equally good as the others, but again it
is way different. This one is violent and combative in its delivery. As it
moves into Charivari (Session 35) the work breaks down into very minimal noise
where individual sounds play solo parts before duelling other sounds to then
become a duo. Frequently throughout tracks, noises do sound vocal for short spaces
of time. The minimal phase of session 44 gradually builds into larger
compositions of sound yet holds back enough to still be able to gravitate and
shift around. This breaks up into another minimal-noise-minimal again passage,
constantly interesting.
None of the Above (Session 46) emphasizes the sound poetry
quality of Entre Vifs work, repetition of noise is used for the first time and
almost seems to be trying to break into song as the sound dialogue is so
complex. This is a lot more pulled down than the other tracks, it literally is
an intense final conference of noises. A great end to a great album.
I don’t see this as a compilation of tracks just the results
of many sessions tied together to make a complete album, their sound does have noticeable
trademark sounds that happen across different tracks. The work also has a
maturity and sophistication that runs throughout; the classical, deep red cover
emphasises this. The work seems to combine sources of sound and instrument abuse
to excellent effect. This is one of my favourite pure noise releases that I
have ever heard, can’t say enough good things about this album.
Choppy Noodles 2019.