Loren Chasse - Exfolia Motors (Unique Ancient Tavern, 2000)

1 Plumb Susumn
2 Exfolia Motors
3 Exfolia Motors
4 Furniture Next To Twilight
5 Exfolia Motors
6 Furniture Next To Twilight
7 Exfolia Motors
8 Exfolia Motors
9 Fantasy Of Heat
10 Furniture Next To Twilight
11 Plumb Susumn
12 Fantasy Of Heat
13 Fantasy Of Heat
14 Plumb Susumn
15 Fantasy Of Heat

Superbe disque constitué de quatre pièces qui s'entremêlent, drones constitués de cloches, gongs, field recordings, etc...

Odd to think that this is only the second solo recording for San Francisco's exceptional sound artist Loren Chasse after his numerous outings with id battery, Thuja, and The Knit Separates. "Exfolia Motors" is a collection of four different works, whose sections are mixed up and interspersed along the continuum of the disc... as if each of these sections have been broken from their original narratives and been rearranged in a more poetic fashion. "Exfolia Motors" presents a beautiful crystallization of droning sound with origins in various bells and gongs, the dynamic pulsations of an amplified strobe light, field recordings from rural Pennsylvania, and the crackling details of paper, rocks, and cloth. Chasse accentuates his source materials with a soft-focus haziness that recalls the tonal purity of Andrew Chalk and Jonathan Coleclough. Rather than extended drone floats, Chasse prefers to situate small events in which he gently smears his subtle sound recordings across stark white silences. Goddamn beautiful.
While certain labels (Meme, Trente Oiseaux) were a bit too slow and missed out on releasing this, we're certain that this wouldn't have had such amazing artwork (each cover is a different hand rubbing from a rough piece of wood... as opposed to the stark non-existent design work of either outfit) if Chasse hadn't put it out through his own imprint Unique Ancient Tavern. Recommended!
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