Omit - Quad (Corpus Hermeticum, 1992 (1997 reissue))

1-01 The Cross Fade
1-02 The Outcast
1-03 The Rut
1-04 Restraint
1-05 Recess
1-06 Release
1-07 Self Preparation Through Dislocation (State One)
1-08 Self Preparation Through Dislocation (State Two)
1-09 Release Of Dislocation (State Three)
1-10 Release Of Dislocation (Through Desperation)
1-11 The Turning Point
1-12 Towards The Centre
1-13 Birth Of Fade Out
1-14 Remission Of Self Separation Through Dislocation
1-15 Seclusion
1-16 Reclusion
1-17 Reference Outside
1-18 First Divider
2-01 The State Of Change
2-02 Second Divider
2-03 8.30 PM
2-04 The First Self Less Reflection
2-05 9.26 PM
2-06 The Second Self Less Reflection
2-07 Resectioned From Despair
2-08 The Third Self Less Reflection
2-09 End Dip (Mind Odyssey / State One)
2-10 The Act (Mind Odyssey / State Two)
3-01 Odyssey To Fade Out
3-02 The Fade Out
3-03 Gun Down
3-04 Sub Fadeback
3-05 The Lost State

Originellement réalisé sous forme de deux cassettes en 1992, réédité par Corpus Hermeticum en 1997 sous la forme d'un pack de trois CDs... Mine de sons: psych-rock, drone, ambient, improvisations, etc, etc...

A little bit of a cheat to "revisit" this monster, as it should still be ringing in the head of anyone who truly heard it at the time. Still, I haven't actually checked in with this in a few years, and once again the real thing way outdoes my head-ghosts. Originally birthed as 2 C-90 sets, Bruce Russell somehow mathed this into a Corpus Hermeticum triple CD, but it's hard to imagine how any physical object(s) can contain so many sounds and ideas. Windy drones, rattling noise, audio-verite atomspheres, psych-rock sound-scapes: really, what's not on here? Actually there's not much straight-up noise per se, but otherwise, everything interesting about the last 15 years of improv/noise/abstraction/whatever shows up. Yet everything is glued by the oddly chilly touch of Omit (a/k/a New Zealand recluse Clinton Williams), which I suppose makes Quad slightly serious/arch - there's definitely no fucking around here - but with noise this paralyzing, what difference does it make if you're smiling or straight-faced as long as your muscles are frozen? I was obsessed with this for a few months when it came out, but renavigating its mind-washing river, I realize I should've never filed it next to anything except my brain. I pathetically have yet to hear the, uh, comeback record, and D.Keenan claims it might be better than Quad, but even if that's true, I think I'll keep my illusions in tact for a little while longer.
Noiseweek

sold out

try discs 1-2
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