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BASTARD NOISE / CHRISTIAN RENOU - Brainstorming II

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Housepig HPIG-20 Release Year: 2009 Note: second collaboration! Intense musique concrete industrial noise tunes; special priced Price (incl. 19% VAT): €10.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "Christian Renou really should not need an introduction. The French master of detail has been cranking out releases under the name Brume since the mid-1980's. On "Brainstorming II" The Bastard Noise and Renou prove once again they are capable of creating some of the most haunting and progressive collaborations beheld. Renou brings unnerving rhythms + unsettling concrete sound; Wood fuses insect with cruel-tech; both exponentially more than the sum of their parts. "Brainstorming II" is startling in it's beauty, fascinating in it's discomfort, spacious and intense. Housepig is blessed to deliver sounds of such advanced design." [Kopish 9/9/09] "These artists, on their own, make some noise. Together, talk about bells and whistles – a great collaboration! The Bastard Noise and Christian Renou‘s Brainstorming II on Minneapolis’ Housepig follows in the footsteps of Brainstorming (Desolation House) with a few welcome twists in the netting. Originally recorded separately in France and California back in ’02 this had been sitting on the back lot way too long – but we are lucky it’s seen the light of day. The source material, a combination of filters, machines and other industrial isms is pieced together like a sinister plot of some kind, especially evident on Sucker (Organikkk). Cling, klang, whiz, brrr. It’s a fiery collision at a crossroad, but somehow ends upright on its feet. Blaring street noises unfurl on the hellion Es Gebt Immer Weier (Let It Be). The noise is sculpted to polar highs/lows becoming a bit of a metropolitan cathartic wash. Mind you, such a cacophony urges a balance, and this recording offers the proper ambient hollows and cavernous stillness in the mix. Whether it’s the breathalyzer on Cut At 360° (You Are Feeling Drinkable Now) or the ripcord starting point of Pollen, the way these tracks build from start to finish finds these gentlemen merging an ingenious blend of gutsy, near anthemic themes. The bass lows are full as the acoustic aerobics tantalize and retreat – yet they never quite seem cocky – more like a striated minstrel show on a broken frequency." [TJ Norris]