Signalstoerung has had a releases on Hymen Records, Inner Demons, and several digital releases on his own label Adventurous Music. He has also performed at such venues as Wave-Gotik-Treffen and Forms of Hands. This is my introduction to his work, however. The label describes the album this way: “Whether you do not play a tape or are unable to get a radio signal, there are still sounds you can listen to by operating a mono tape recorder. These sounds are collected and transferred into four tracks. No additional sounds were used.” A tape made with nothing but a tape recorder? Sounds delightfully meta. Let’s get into it.

First up, we have some low level hum that goes for a while. Some crescendo and decrescendo keep it moving. Nice, but this is pretty minimal stuff. This is just a ruse though, if you think this is going to be nice and chill. The next track begins with a similar trajectory, only in this case it becomes increasingly noisy. The result is aggregative, as the layers pile on to each other. Suddenly it all stops.

Flip the tape over and we begin with more warbling, crackling minimalist noise. There is a nice low end rumble that keeps everything grounded. Next up, we have more minimal noise. There is a bit of sweeping static underneath the main drone, which sounds like it was recorded in an irrigation drain. It's almost peaceful to listen to, and you can let your mind drift a bit while listening to it.

After listening to it a few times, I can appreciate what he is doing here, but this was a bit too subtle for my tastes. Still, this was pleasant listening, and I really enjoy that Signalstoerung is putting the experimentation back into experimental music. This tape weighs in at around 20 minutes and comes packaged in a cardboard box hand stamped and wrapped in strands of cassette tape. Fun, old school weird packaging as one would expect from Oxidation.