Pale Word - Regulate - Cassette - Ridge Tapes - Ridge02 - 2024.
1. Regulate.
2. Best.
Pale World has been creating a bunch of impressive releases in recent years. The project has been around since 2013 and is based in Birmingham. Creator Joe Parkes is a key gig organiser in Birmingham with many great noise gigs under his belt. Pale World's own live performances have been tense affairs. Releases have been more frequent since 2020 mostly on Outsider Art. Some releases are splits with other projects and some are just alone.
Regulate is released on Alina Church of Distraxi's new label called Ridge Tapes.
This cassette shows of some thick, textured tracks of harsh noise, there is a clear attention to sound and detail present throughout the entire work. It begins sounding like a broken machine, dense bass heavy roaring distortion breaks out, tense scraping runs along with it and feedback sqeals out at intervals. Caustic, creaking, battered texture is forced out of the sound as it accelerates towards a cut out. Mournful, melodic drones play out as broken machine noises click away in the background.
Further drones and mechanics return for the second side 'Best.' I like that we are allowed to hear this for some time before shuddering noise starts causing havoc. This feels digital in comparison to 'Regulate' through how it shudders. The drones come through the chaos at times, adding glimmers of beauty to the textures created. We are left with shimmering melodies playing out to the end of the release.
This is an excellent tape, everything great about Pale World shines through. I have been greatly impressed by this project since hearing them on Outsider Art on the Death Garage release and seeing him live supporting Knifedoutofexistence and more recently with Fleshlicker and Insatiable Wound. There are links above to check out the project and label.
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