Thursday, 10 December 2009

VOLUME = COLOUR – LONG DIVISION WITH REMAINDERS EP VERSION 9 (FRONT AND FOLLOW)



VOLUME = COLOUR – LONG DIVISION WITH REMAINDERS EP VERSION 9 (FRONT AND FOLLOW)

Volume = Colour is pairing from Australia consisting of Arthur Karanikas (guitar/artist) and Don Rogers (musician/visualist).  In execution the duo produces lively and caustic soundtracks to images and projections produced by Karanikas.  For this project contribution they have additionally collaborated with friends Cam Butler (Silver Ray/The Coralinas), Michael Munsun, Geosophy and Primitive Charlie with the intention of exhibiting four radical reinterpretations of the LDWR tracks.

The pounding of tools greets the listener in menacing fashion as the early moments of the Volume = Colour remix resembles something of a take off.  For some reason at this moment I am thinking of freedom and opportunity although I am not exactly sure/convinced that it is connected to this working.  Regardless, just what is at stake?

To the subtle popping footsteps of Track 2, Volume = Colour brings a sample of shaking flows and random stabs from the heart.  Initially it proves one of the most sparse reworkings as repetition flows in an almost John Zorn gesture of belligerence.  By the end the insertions of the remix almost appear to be working against the original samples rather than with them.  This is a version most at odds with itself.

Within the final remix there is subtle total destruction as the base track hovers above a bed of ruin and wreckage.  All in all this proves one of the liveliest contributions and painfully disruptive executions as gradually the engine beneath becomes louder and louder shattering all that stands in its way to pieces.  It takes true dedication to dish out such an onslaught.  Then it all ends with glorious feedback, as all good music should.

Thesaurus moment: sate.

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