Somehow,
I have managed to hear Walter Gross as one half of a split every time I listen
to him. In this particular split though,
he is not only occupying only half of this cassette he is doing so with Lumiere
Soto as a collaboration if you will. So
right after this, my plan is to go through and find a Walter Gross full length to
review!
The
Walter Gross + Lumiere Soto side of this is an electronic beats paradise. It starts off quieter, but then the beats
kick in and it skips its way into an audio clip about how people who seem like
they might be trying to help you are really only out to help themselves. It’s electro and as we get closer towards
the end of the side it has this feel of a Transformer trying to transform set
to a funky rhythm. I’m not sure how
exactly one would take the noise of the action of a Transformer transforming
and then manipulate it into a sound such as this- and have it sound so good-
but Walter Gross and Lumiere Soto have managed to do just that.
Side
B is covered by Valance Drakes and oddly both Valance Drakes and Walter Gross
have new releases on I had An Accident around the same time, so this is kind of
like a flashback to “Remember when…” and, you know, if you’re picking up either
of these new cassettes (which you should be) then this is a nice compliment to
go with it if you don’t already have it.
The music of Valance Drakes starts off quite haunting, in an X-Files
way, and just continues to build with beats and hollow groans until it sounds
like something out of a horror movie. By the end of it I feel as if it is taunting
me, the lasers are torturing me but I don’t want it to stop.
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