Nixilx.Nijilx - Nixilx.Nijilx (absurd, 2004)

1 E.1-------------(R4604a) 15:46
2 Intermission [Excerpt From M.?.X.1-------------( )] 1:08
3 E.2-------------(M?.S??) 12:31

I never heard of the Nixilx.Nijilx project (let alone how to pronounce it!), but apperentely he is a 19 year old guy from Greece. He recorded electric guitar, voice, microphone noise, toy drum, breath and some field recordings and in the electronic process of all of these sounds, he comes up with a very strong piece of lowercase microsound. None of the seperate sound sources are to be recognized and the whole things becomes an intelligent ambientesque blurr of sound. Though the material in itself is quite interesting, I must say that the three tracks are also alike, which in this instance of just under thirty minutes is not a real problem. I think if it would have been stretched longer, it would have maybe (!) leaped into boredom a bit. So far, so good.
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Noise-Maker's Fifes - Raw (absurd, 2002)

1 Inversage (Final Part) 0:09
2 Inversage (Final Part) / Glass Vibes For Faustus 23:33
3 Inversage (First Part) 0:06
4 Inversage (First Part) 25:49

The Belgian quartet Noise-maker's Fifes has made it its prerogative to mess with our minds, bombarding us with rich layers of nonsense noises coming out of home-made instruments and plundered audio/video sources. With Raw they also mess with your CD player. The main body of this CDR release is taken from the performance "Inversage" (which could translate to "reversing" or "inverting") at the 2001 Mediaterra Festival in Lavrion, Greece (hence its release on the Greek experimental music label Absurd). The first two tracks present the end of that performance, but track one is only seven seconds long, segueing into track two which, after seven minutes-and-50-seconds, moves on to another piece, "Glass Vibes for Faustus." Tracks three and four contain the beginning of "Inversage", although the latter ends with applause. Don't think it's a manufacturing defect, the sleeve spells out the information accurately. Confused? Good. The music itself consists of noisy drones made of scraping (violin?), buzzing (feedback?), screeching (wheels in need of oil?), and audience chatter. The latter gets very intrusive at times, to an extent where one wonders if it's not a field recording used by the artists. There are few details about the what's and hows behind this music, but it seems to be of a mostly acoustic nature and involves some deeply mutated instruments. The last minutes of "Inversage (First Part)" get particularly disturbing, evoking Martian elephants in their mating period (although it may be only some listener's problem). On this occasion the Noise-maker's Fifes were Stella Suitaleri, Greg Jacobs, Marc Wroblewski, and Geert Feytons.
All Music Guide

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