Aussaat
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A round up of the latest
releases of the German label Aussaat.
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Nuori Veri – Kadonnut
Maailmankuva – CD – 2021 – Aussaat 20.
1.
Muistamisen taakka.
2.
Konttilanoja.
3.
Ikuisten ystavien kanssa.
4.
Ratsu F-3.
6.
Nittyvallankumous.
How
will you act, when your most merciless judge is your own self-respect?
There
are no colours in the world, there is just light and the lack of it.
Quotes
from translations of the album’s dialogue.
I’m glad that I rarely use the
reviewing technique of ‘this sounds like this project’ as it would be a waste
of time on Nuori Veri as I have never heard anything that sounds like them
before. Nuori Veri have been releasing since 2019 on Brownhill Mafia and
Aussaat. I have heard the term Rural Industrial to describe this work before on
Special Interests. One of us reviewed them back in 2020 and they were very
impressed.
A spoken narrative introduces Muistamisen
taakka, a string instrument loop plays through, whilst things are anonymously shuffled
around and bumped on a table as sounds of marching create a backing rhythm. Anguished
vocals shout over this, the song is hypnotic and ties in with the rural artwork
on the album’s cover. Further looped instrumentation and scuffling sounds build
Konttilanoja which seems like the first until electronic humming breaks
everything up for a spoken narrative to enter the song as the shouting returns
to kill everything. More shuffling and scraping play out over the dead space. The
drones and narrative return as the shouting goes off in the background. Further
dialogue introduces Ikuisten ystavien kanssa, piano melody plays slowly to
creaking and rattling in the background, there are many glimpses of beauty on
this album, this is a classic example of that. The piano dies off, rumbling and
slow, low percussion and a person growling take its place and the narrative
continues. The sudden shift of the track from optimistic to bleak is noted. As
the piano returns, all is well in a melancholically beautiful way.
A female narrative introduces
Ratsu F-3, scraping sounds shift around with rattling pipes to create sound
poetry. These create tension and movement upon which feedback can help build
for the narrative to drift in and out of it. Resonating feedback ends up
dominating and lead the track to its end. Slower wind chime like sounds and a
looped scratched sound build Lasi muuttuu hiekaksi. Bass heavy feedback and the
familiar shouted male vocal enters the equation as dogs bark in the background.
Any use of electronics on this album immediately makes the tracks darker, they
signify disturbance and unrest. Delicate piano builds Nittyvallankumous as
rumbling and thunder erupts, eventually birds can be heard singing their song. The
finale Vihrea raunio feels like a field recording overlaid with dialogue as
this ends an accordion plays a tune beautifully with rattling sounds echoing
across the soundscape in between passages of speaking. A violin sings its’ tune
to the speech as sounds clatter and tap in the background.
Kadonnut Maailmankuva is a
work of shining beauty that is unique and close to perfect.
Nuori Veri – Vakaumus – CD –
2022 – Aussaat 26.
1.
Sisainen naky.
2.
Vaarallinin tie.
3.
Epailyksen pitka varjo.
4.
Juuritila.
5.
Selvinpain portailla.
6.
Luopuminen.
7.
Kohti hengen kirkkautta.
8.
Von haju.
Taustalla
toimivat voimat
This CD is both of Nuori
Veri’s early tapes Vakaumus and Vakaumus II and they were released in an
edition of 50 on the Brownhill Mafia label in 2019. The artwork themes of bees
and rural countryside again occupy the CD case like that of Kadonnut
Maailmankuva.
A brief speech introduces a
sustained piano melody, the early releases feature longer passages of
instrumentation throughout, I feel the beauty of the work was evident
immediately as Sisainen naky demonstrates. I like the piano work that appears
across Nuori Veri albums. Things die off and contact mic abuse and heavy breathing
take over, this rumbles and feeds back until the piano returns to compliment. Feedback
and rattling introduce further contact mic abuse and the tape feels like it is
being purposely warped and abused as a vocal comes in, less shouted than later
recordings but effective as it builds up within the chaos, this is Vaarallinin
tie. All dies off, tape warping returns as an intro to Epailyksen pitka vario’s
piano melody. The piano is haunted and evocative as it plays a lonely melody,
its only company is the shuffling of the microphone, this begins to warp and
become disrupted by background noise.
Feedback and humming accompany
clattering as the shouting returns on Juuritila, the sound is impassioned and
angry. The noise is intense as it plays through to the end pf the track. Noise returns through contact mic scraping and
shuffling - piano melody takes the place of the vocal in Selvinpain portailla
which plays out for a long period of time. Luopuminen uses intense rumbling,
scraping noise only for field recordings of chickens to take over and this to
be then eclipsed by silence and distant background noise. Intensified rumblings
become the bulk of the track and the chickens become backing vocals for
shouting and raving. This is the most intense track on the album. Rustling and
wailing feedback are the intro to Kohti hengen kirkkautta. The wailing feedback
changes pitch causing movement of sound as echoes and rustling eventually accompany
piano playing. The piano continues as Von haju, which is eventually joined by a
vocal. This occasionally cuts out as if it is a loop upon which the vocal is
shouted – I am simultaneously amazed and confused by this. Taustalla toimivat
voimat, the album’s finale is chaotic until it dies off and things begin to
move, clutter, clang and warp. This builds a long passage of noise until piano
returns and plays a dramatic song that ends the album.
The sound here isn’t as clear
as Kadonnut Maailmankuva there are many elements of it, but they are working
differently, yet the work still maintains a constant feel shimmering beauty.
These two studies make for an impressive whole.
Alone and Empowered 2022.
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