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CONSUMER ELECTRONICS - Estuary English

Format: do-12inch & CD Label & Cat.Number: Dirter Promotions DPROMDL 108 Release Year: 2014 Note: the project of PHILIP BEST (WHITEHOUSE, RAMLEH, SKULLFLOWER...) now with SARAH FROELICH (Mrs. Best) and RUSSELL HASWELL with their ever attacking, provoking power electronics & ugly noise... "the sound of repulsion and disgust at the last 30 years" [The Quietus]; first edtion of 500 copies comes with bonus CD (different mix by DENIS BLECKHAM), laminated gatefold-sleeve, 180 gr. vinyl Price (incl. 19% VAT): €32.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "For the last 2 years Consumer Electronics have been honing their skills on the London stage, from supporting black metal bands (such as Deafheaven) to inadvertently provoking the forces of law and order at their recent headlining slot at London Contemporary Music Festival. The unlikely trio of aging renegade Philip Best (Whitehouse, Ramleh, Skullflower etc.), hip US artist Sarah Froelich (now rather implausibly, Mrs Best) and producer/guru Russell Haswell are all set to unleash their first recordings, the state-of-the-nation “Estuary English” on Dirter. The band are sharing the stage with chums Sleaford Mods at the 100 Club in October and Electric Ballroom in January. In possibly Dirter’s most ambitious presentation yet, this release consists of 2 x 12” singles cut at Alchemy and a CD of the album that has different mastering by the legendary Denis Blackham. Denis is, of course, well known for adding his touch of genius to the likes of NWW, Whitehouse, C93 etc etc., not to mention his impressive CV that features Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Hendrix to name but a few! The CD will only be available with the first pressing and will not be issued on its own, both formats need to be heard to be believed. The package arrives in a beautiful gloss laminated gatefold sleeve and the vinyl is pressed on heavy 180 gm black virgin wax. We expect demand to exceed supply on this, so please act fast if this is something you want." [label info] www.dirter.co.uk "Philip Best (Whitehouse, Ramleh, Skullflower) along with legendary noisemaker/producer Russell Haswell and the previously unknown to us Sarah Froelich, an American artist deliver this modern slab of abject, power electronics synth-noise. We originally figured this for an archival reissue, some lost gem from the Shock Records / Broken Flag axis, but it is in fact a brand new record, although sonically, it’s not that far removed from CE’s early releases, still obviously beholden to that whole Shock / Broken Flag sound/scene. The whole program is only about 20 minutes long, a double lp mastered specifically for vinyl, and to spin at 45rpm, the cd separately mastered for digital, but that’s more than enough, CE’s nihilistic onslaught directly descended from Bet’s tenure in Whitehouse, feral and frenzied, caustic and confrontational. The music itself almost lovely at times, minimal synthscapes, blurts of gristly squelch, spread out into weirdly dynamic pulses, not so lovely at others, lurching from undulating walls of grumblingly distorted synth, to minimal cold wave electronica, to full on grinding, speaker shredding synthnoise. All of which is essentially just a backdrop for Best’s venomous vocalizations, some seriously vitriolic spoken word, that again, fans of Whitehouse will definitely dig, on the more minimal tracks, Best’s vocals are WAY up in the mix, and are harrowing and sort of terrifying, but as the record progresses, those vocals are subsumed into the chaotic, feedback drenched electronic squalls, and while we might not say it becomes more ‘listenable’, it does transform into something more musical, Best’s voice, just another part of CE’s harsh, electronic industrial puzzle. Pressed on heavy 180 gram black vinyl. Housed in a glossy gatefold sleeve. First 500 copies include a cd version of the record, differently mastered than the vinyl." [Aquarius Records]