R.J. SCHREY with KENJI SIRATORI
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Reviewed on WONDERFUL WOODEN REASONS
http://wonderfulwoodenreasons.homestead.com/current.html
I've been getting a steady stream of quality releases from R.O.N.F. Records over the last year or so but of late they've really upped their output rate. Much of what they release fits snugly into any of the many branches of noise music and falls at the periphery of my interests. They do however have a nifty little sideline in the harder edges of drone music, this collaboration between Schrey (music) and Siratori (words) being a case in point.
Here we find Schrey melding his caustic, noise drone, builds and crashes with a pleasing and brutal surety. He is as content with holding a subtle level of barely contained menace as he is with allowing the violence of his sounds full rein. As to whether his music is relating to the words I cannot say as being in Japanese Siratori's monologue has no meaning to me and so becomes a part of the instrumentation of the album providing a satisfyingly monochrome and surreally rhythmic counterpoint to the jagged restlessness of the music.
Recommended.
Reviewed on PAN.O.RA.MA
http://panoramajournal.blogspot.com/
An explosive and disturbing cooperative release is what you must explore when carefully entering the world created by these two individuals. The first one is a German artist who has been known due its explorations into dark ambient soundscapes, while the second is a Japanese cyber punk writer and artist which floats into experimental structures from time ago. Both of them joined forces to create this release which include 6 untitled compositions with intense moments from start to finish. Corrosive structures dressed by subliminal patterns and dense elements crawling from within the whole structure of the album are what you must explore here. Another great aspect to mention here is how voices of Kenji Siratori appear to give deeper atmospheres to each one of the tracks. Incredibly dense disturbing symphonies of melodic and high detailed noise compositions projected to be an apocalyptic journey with no return to the misery of human condition. Are the main elements you must explore through "future Embryo"...more than just a release, this is a portal to unknown futuristic realm where machines and humans are oneself. So for more information just visit R.O.N.F in order to have a more concrete idea of the impressive work developed here!!!
