This
cassette came in bubble wrap and without a case, but that didn’t really alter
the playing of it and the cassette itself remained intact. I see this lack of plastic case as a missed
opportunity to put in a little booklet of art or something, but alas we get
only this one little sheet of paper with info on it.
It is
also worth noting that when I received this cassette, it was rewound to the
raxil4 side, which seems to be Side B from all other indicators, but it is not
uncommon for a cassette to come in this way, I just happened to listen to it as
such then and will review it as such as well.
So if this seems backwards just know that it came that way.
The
raxil4 side of this begins with harmonious synth tones that are drone, ambient
and somewhat church-based in sound. They
become slightly reverb-ish, which gives off this sort of shaky vibe, but they
mostly stay the same, In fact, there
are slight frequency changes to this, though I feel that they would only be
recognized by the best trained ear or perhaps a species with superior hearing
such as dogs. One time, one of my cats
was trying to sleep rather close to the sound and her ear would twitch ever so
much as it changed.
Timothy C.
Holehouse aka TCH is responsible for the other side, which could be A or B
depending upon your take on life in general, and it begins with the softest
blaring synth drone power you could possibly imagine. It is the essence of someone yelling in a
whisper, which might seem like an impossible concept but just try having a
yelling match with someone when an infant is asleep. The
sounds are ambient and soothing, like a warm bath, with hints of static,
strings or possibly both.
Before
TCH is done, there are loops of acoustic guitar notes, but on the whole this is
just an excellent display of how drone should sound from a peaceful standpoint
and it also is as mighty as the sum of its parts.
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