Not Breathing - Laquarto And Perky (2008)

GENRE..... Industrial
LABEL...... Jealous Edison Record Kompany
MODE....... VBRkbps / Joint-Stereo
REL.DATE.. Oct-30-2008

This collection of Not Breathing jammy drum n modular tracks is
rough and raw, and has a structure that is something of a
throwback to the hazy days of The Starry Wisdom*, particularly
Mycomaster. Let the loops ride and the knobs tweak on.

Theres a detuned thump to a lot of the leads thats either
delightfully nauseous or a bit sick - the aptly-named
Antibiotic Throwdown sounds like someones squeezing a seal
thats crying for help from the pack. This is fine with me,
seeing as seals are assholes who do a lot of raping and killing
for sport, like most of the animal kingdom**, so lets get a
really big vise grip and squeeze those bitches.

Theres a lot of joyfully simple booty bass rhythms, admittedly
distorted, filtered and modulated - ring and otherwise - and the
splashy 4-bit snare sounds evoke an early NES game, perhaps
something you played while home sick from school and bombed out
of your skull on Robitussin.*** Masonic Sadness Vortex begins
as a bopper and ends with a wet crash; I dont see the Masonry
or the Sadness myself, but I the Vortex part is clear.

Wet End is a slippery, sloppy splash of elevator music synth
textures and half-speed breakcore; I am also especially fond of
the gritty whine of Angus Ranch Acid and the meanacing
sub-bass wall found on Neptune Solar Kite. Suprisingly catchy
opener How the West Was Won and Turnip & Radish both have an
odd cant you can hum along to, despite how each has a melody
that slides away from itself before eventually drowning in a
bathtub of gin and barbituates.

While Mycomaster and Rhinobeatle play out a similar technoid
sound - 8-bit pulses in a 64-bit world - the album closer
Crystal Ruins on the Moon has a classic 1970s modular synth
sound, pulling us back to a time when Wendy Carlos could bang
out covers and everyone was at least appreciative of the effort
involved. Laquarto & Perkys magnificent ending is a bit more
scary than Ms. Carlos would have cared for, perhaps, but thats
why its a Not Breathing album and not a dodgy sound effects
collection.****

* An excellent album.

** Spot the inherent sexism in this sentence and win valuable
cash prizes.

*** I say this not because OH MAN ITS SO WEIRD but because
Dextromethorphan is often reported to give music a slow,
molasses-like quality; kids looking for a cheap high often scare
the shit out of themselves, or are tricked when someone who
should know better puts on a copy of Logghi Barogghi and laughs
his ass off. Not that I would recommend doing this to anyone but
a complete asshole whos impressionable to boot.

Tracklist:

01 How the West Was Won
02 Antibiotic Throwdown
03 Cattledrive
04 Masonic Sadness Vortex
05 Leaky Drip Systems
06 Wet End
07 Angus Ranch Acid
08 Cold Shady Grove
09 Mojave Hydroplane
10 Neptune Solar Kite
11 Lantana
12 The Boiler Dub
13 Turnip & Radish
14 Laquarto's House
15 Mycomaster
16 Rhinobeetle
17 Crytal Runs on the Moon

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