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Artist: Pneumatic Detach (@)
Title: [Ko-mor-bid]
Format: CD
Label: Tympanik Audio (@)
Distributor: Ant-Zen
Rated: *****
This is another US-based act which has already reached a kind of cult status, playing since years successful in the rhythmically Powernoise-genre. I guess there’s no need to introduce Justin Brink of PNEUMATIC DETACH more detailed, his sold-out and totally out-of-print releases for Hive Records speak for him and his talent. And since Tympanik Audio has announced the sensational signing of this act months before, I was curious, how Justin would like to continue. His latest discovered audio results with his friend in crime, the Rock n’ Roll Supergod IT-CLINGS, king of the Jews, on their mutual project ICVSPD (see our interview with IT-CLINGS somewhere else here...), got a bit shadowed under the hefty lyrical content of the word-core artist, so everything on "[Ko-mor-bid]" starts at zero. Somehow, this is Powernoise, but in a different manner someone might has expected. Justin doesn’t seem to have an interest to fall into the creation of static and louder-than-hell noise walls, and also his music doesn’t cover the too often heard "distorted-Techno-kick-4/4-on-the-floor" kind. Justin rather more concentrates to banish several snare drums, clicks, scratches, hi-Q’s and percussion elements into one track. Multi-layered arrangements means for PD a multiple hammering percussion experience. This sound outfit gets normally accomplished with an Industrial-related ambience provided by some effected and manipulated synth drones – to me "Down In The Earth", "Moment Already Gone" or "The Turning" are outstanding for this. And if some of the tracks ("Slow Chatter", "Grinderscraper", "Dischordant Live Mix") offer for a short moment a tendency to some dancefloor-compatibility, you can be assured, that Justin breaks down in the very next moment the complete song structure, just to try out something different. Also featured is another friendship-track with IT-CLINGS entitled "A Helpful Bit Of Advice", which of course picks up the path already provided with the above mentioned mutual release. At least I wouldn’t go that far to call this album a milestone for this genre - but it is definitely a little pearl – and a must-have buy for you!


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