L’Eclipse Nue – A Defective Man / Torn Spectral
Lens - 2CD -Aussaat – 2021 – Aussaat 18.
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https://leclipsenue.bandcamp.com/music
CD1 – A Defective Man
1. Failure
Stings Your Eyes.
2. Imprint
on a Mirror.
3. Liquor
& Blood.
4. Gaze
From the Terrace.
5. Public
Transport.
6. A
God-Shaped Hole.
7. Compulsive
Sin Population.
8. Kiss
From a Benevolent Tyrant.
9. Lost
At Sea.
10.
Heaven’s Labour.
CD2 – Torn Spectral Lens, Parts 1 & 2.
Presented in a metal tin,
containing the CD and a live 3”CD with booklet, A Defective Man is the 25th
album by L’Eclipse Nue since its 2009 beginnings. Daniel Sine began the project
in Japan and eventually relocated to America, he has released on many labels
and played live gigs around the USA.
A considered, dynamic use of
Harsh Noise emerges on the Future Stings Your Eyes, the break down in
sound is well played, the falls into silence and interruptions of noise are the
perfect playground for noises to rocket off into their own hyperspace. Imprint
on a Mirror uses voice samples whilst warping their speed, so that they
become incoherent noise that converses with other distorted voices until synth
noise calmly moves in, building to the death drones of Liquor and Blood.
Harsh Noise explodes with control behind it, bold work shows as this is
periodically restrained so drones can resonate in the sound. The interruptions
of noise are like explosions of rage, yet demonstrating the right amount of
restraint, every time the restraint is loosened, it makes massive waves across
the work.
Gaze From the Terrace has intrigue,
what is it about, how does it relate to the album. Instrumentation throws
sadness and despair out as noise teases around it. This is a simple, yet
effective combination of sound. As the track builds, the sound gets darker as
pain replaces sadness. The Death Industrial twinges of the project keep popping
up, Public Transport seems to dive right into them. The ambient
hostility and radioactive synthesizer sounds bounce off each other – we are
fully emersed in the true darkness of the album here. This is a sinister work,
that gives off urgent hostility at every turn.
A God – Shaped Hole, uses
overlaid vocal noise with harsh storms of distortion and noise to build a whole
picture. The distortion starts to feel as if it is being peeled off the track
as it rips and tears across the work. The sound seems to malfunction and die at
the end. The Death hum returns for Compulsive Sin Population, crumbling
distortion breaks up continuously over the track, this is nasty, broken Harsh
Noise acting out. A vocal appears in the middle of the noise, I am unsure if it
is Sine or a sample as it is buried within the sound. The sense of space and
dynamic within on this track is impressive, as is the intense build up. A
massive bass hum, keyboard tinkering and aggressive noise make the short but
sweet Kiss From a Benevolent Tyrant.
Deep bass drones return at the
beginnings of Lost At Sea, this plays with a quieter sound for a long
time, the build-up is subtle as drones upon drones join each other, before you’ve
realised it the sound is soon massive, the sense of power formed is miles away
from being Defective.Heavens Labour uses drones and pulsating rhythms
with noise crackling into the sound at times – samples go off and the elements
seem to move around each other. The feelings of inner emptiness resonate across
the sounds, a vocal moan drags across the work – this final track points
towards a bleak but brilliant future. The slightest raise in sound has power to
it, L’Eclipse has really mastered playing in the quiet areas very well.
Daniel Sine.
The second part of the set is
the 3” CDr Torn Spectral Lens, this is Parts 1 & 2 which is a recording at
Cold Spring Hollow, Belcherton, MA, USA on 16/11/2019. The space that drones
can operate within is played with, as feedback howls with some sort of cut-up
vocal – for a time these elements intertwine with each other, forming a
tapestry of sorts. Violence suddenly becomes the main expression, the feedback
becomes a howl, distortion and rupturing banging kick off. The sound repeatedly
strangles itself to quiet down and rebuild itself differently. Things
eventually fall into a mixture of deep instrumentation and noise, this is
beautiful, spot-on work. The album is great, but this is the hidden gem, the
epic finale of the entire set, buried within this 3” CD.
I didn’t like this project
when I first heard it years ago, however L’Eclipse Nue has now truly stepped up
into the big league. This is a strong album, that thinks about how noise is
used as a weapon, its use of space and noise as an effective area for personal expression.
This is a late career victory, throwing our hero in with the best. Go forth and
conquer.
Army of one, eradicator of all
cliques 2021.
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