Noish + Xedh
Big Fork
AMP-RECS AMP053 online release
aMor/discos CDR
(2010)
Spanish electronica artiste Miguel A. García impressed us last ish with his “stern and severe” approach to very minimal electronic noise on Armiarmak. On Big Fork García appears under his xedh guise alongside fellow player noish, and together they stew up four gorgeous tracks of edgy, fizzy, electronic mashed turnip paste, with plenty of mesmerising power leaking out through the wodges of dense sparking-plugging mayhem. They can sometimes drift into the unchallenging droney-ambient comfort stations, but I like them best when their eruptions are abrasive and slightly cruel, suggesting a degree of friendly sadism. The tracks are expressed as complex streams of characters which are too hard to type, but the 15-minute opener piece is a strong one, containing four or five separate ideas which seem to fold in and out as if operated by a restless hand tuning the shortwave radio dial. It creates a vaguely daydreamy sensation which is not unpleasant. The second track is more full-on and brutal, and for three minutes one endures the goring of a snorting electronic bull. The fourth long track is again episodic, like the first, but not quite as thrilling or unpredictable. On the cover, detourned versions of Disney cartoon characters gamble, drink and smoke cigars, but it's an image of funny sleazy degradation that Big Fork can't quite live up to. ED PINSENT
The Sound Projector Music magazine and radio showwww.amp-recs.com
www.xedh.org
http://noconventions.mobi/noish
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