JACKMAN, DAVID (=ORGANUM) — Edge of nothing

“I can't remember what I got first: 'The Elephant Table Album', a double LP compilation with some of the nicest industrial music from 1984 or Organum's 'In Extremis'. Likewise I can't remember wether I already was aware of the fact that Jackman was Organum. I do remember that I liked 'The Elephant Table Album' but that 'In Extremis' blew me away. The scraping sound of metal on metal, slowed down perhaps, layered made a frighting impression but I loved it all the same. On this 10" Jackman returns to his compilation contribution which sounds like recorded on the same day as 'In Extremis'. He uses the original material to create two tracks, which last each 6.29 minutes. The memory works in such a way that it is hard to tell wether it's the same track twice, or that the differences are just very subtle. After all these years and Organum/Jackman records it's hard to say that shock is still the same, but as a far as these ears go: I am still fascinated by this sound, which after all the years sound fresh to me. If the Tony Conrad record mentioned elsewhere is a manifestation of aggressive minimal drone music than David Jackman is his running mate. Awesome.” [FdW / Vital Weekly]
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