Disgusting
Cathedral – Besieged Defenders – Download – 2021.
https://disgustingcathedral.bandcamp.com/album/besieged-defenders-2
I
feel like watching the film – ‘A Chinese Ghost Story’ tonight, playing Besieged
Defenders, the new album by Disgusting Cathedral reminds me of that film in
parts. This is described as Dungeon Synth, but I feel it is Dr.Age in his synthesizer
fun element. He uses a lot of quirky sounds and home-made circuit devices that
echo his work in the duo Isn’tses and Cementimental - this is what I associate
with Dr.Age, a key player in quirkier, glitched electronics within the UK. In
some ways if you can imagine members of SMEGMA had children, left them
somewhere with their stash and forgot about them - you’d have Isn’tses.
The
sound of the album uses keyboards in the quirky, space like sense mixed in with
a mournful, funeral style. What I am going to focus on is that I like to
research my noise/PE history from time to time to widen my historical knowledge
of the genre. The Dungeon Synth sound is hailed as coming from a range of
artists including Burzum being its key influences. This kind of mournful and
tinkering synthesizer usage goes right back to the 80s, buried within some
later 80s Power Electronics and Industrial acts that leaned a little too far to
the right. Dr.Age is seen as a well-known anarchist leaning artist within his commentaries
and personal conversations that I have had with him. From knowing him, I see
this as taking back those elements from various factions and going somewhere
else with it, a reclamation of sound of sorts.
The
electronics go screwy, melting down as they twist and bend in all directions –
not staying in one place for too long. Shifts back into mournful, meditative
territory are frequent. I like this, a good recording that truly reflects the playful,
humorous character and intentions of its’ creator.
Coventry
Soul 2021
No comments:
Post a Comment