[[$5 AUD // Edition of 10 // https://junkmnemonic.bandcamp.com/album/jm-1 ]]
This is the first release from Junk Mnemonic and it is a split between two artists. It has a cassette release though it is limited to only ten and comes from Australia so I'm doing it digitally because I feel as if I should only do digital reviews from this point going forward if it is something special such as this.
Pare Ohm's piece begins with that sound of an old furnace perhaps, but something of that nature making some sort of noise that is just dragging out in a drone way. It is almost definitely the sound of some kind of plugged in appliance dying but I can't place what one exactly. It somehow has this almost rusty sound to it, like I imagine whatever it is being metal for that reason, because it is rusting out and dying. The sounds continue in this way and it begins to sound like a horror movie somehow as well. It quiets down then shifts in the jingling of bells. This fades in and out which reminds me more of space than anything else. After a short pause of sorts we move from what I can assume to be the first movement into the second, though it's still Pare Ohm and would still be Side A on the cassette.
This has become quieter now. Still the jingles of sorts but more like a spatial glass structure being built instead. It comes through in gently crashing waves. I keep thinking it might just be the interlude ending, as it takes breaks, but it does come back interminently and as such I can feel this as being the "Mouth Breather" portion. A slight hint of sonar has presented itself in the background and we've gone from space to underwater. I do not recommend breathing out of your mouth while underwater. Drum sticks seem to be hitting together now. Synth beats are kicking in with these bamboo stick type of tones following in a rhythm. The inhales and exhales of the title also sound like they could be the hiss of a snake. This all slows to an end.
JWPaton begins next with two tracks joined into one only there is no interlude this time around it would seem. It begins with a crackling, shattering of glass type of sound that could be harsh noise but it could also somewhat just as easily convert into industrial by the way it's going. It has that electricity sound to it, like if you stick your hand in an electric socket and are getting fried. It's pretty cool because it makes me think of the Marvel villain (and Spider-Man foe) Electro taking on a Transformer. If that is not yet a comic book crossover it needs to happen.
This all comes crashing down in the hum of a dial tone, though it does kind of more closely resemble someone sitting on a keyboard for some reason (the musical one, not the type I'm typing on) Some rather sharp feedback follows and I'm not entirely putting it past this piece to be industrial still for reasons that I could still imagine it being in a boiler room. (To the extent that I want to look up when Mankind and Undertaker had the boiler room brawl and watch it)
And now the screaming is breaking on through, crushing any notions I had of it being industrial and turning it into harsh noise. It was building to that moment and I should have heard it coming the first time, but wow what a payoff. It ends with that organ drone sound once again but it does have quite the force behind it.
Both of these artists are bringing something original and vital to the table with this release and it is something that really must be heard.
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