The Long Distance project, which combines two artists who have never met before collaborating in person, continues with Dragon’ Eye label owner Yann Novak teaming up with Brittle Stars (Kev Rolfe). Rolfe has spent the last four years recording under the Brittle stars monika and experiments with detuned guitar, rewiring, differing harmonics and claims influence of “Indonesian Music, Indian Ragas and artists like Glen Branca’. He has recently had tracks of his included in Bruce La Bruce’ Otto: Up with the dead.
Melody to Maelstrom, is the lone track on this limited edition (100) 3†CD, an epic build of hypnotic rhythm building to complete abstraction. Crisp digital processing and marked tonal control is shown by Yann Novak who manipulates and enhances the soundscape, a “mantra like melody, that slowly distorts into a complex and rhythmic play’.
Clearly this music has the hallmarks of connoisseurs of extreme noise; it would attract keen listeners who have an ear for guitar noise and the sound of digital noise. Yann Novak’ experiments in environmental sound are quite evident in the piece and this would go down a treat at experimental noise festivals. It brandishes sharp edged control of the sound palette like a weapon. It is also clear that the textural noise will play well within brooding and introspective soundtrack work.
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