KITES - ROYAL PAINT WITH THE METALLIC GARDENER FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HELPED INTO AN OPEN FIELD BY WOMEN AND CHILDREN (LOAD 053)

CD-R TECHNOLOGY AND EARLY DIGITAL RECORDING SAW THE NOISE (SANS ROCK) GENRE HIT HEADY HEIGHTS (THOUGH IF YOU LOOK ON BANDCAMP THERE ARE DOZENS OF BEDROOM-BASED RUSSIANS PUTTING OUT VAST QUANTITIES OF "HARSH NOISE WALL" ON THE WEEKLY) AS PEOPLE JUST GOT OUT THERE AND SCREAMED THEIR MERRY HEARTS OUT IN DIY SPACES ACROSS THE WORLD. LIKE I REMEMBER WOLF EYES EVENTUALLY BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY COMMERCIAL MUSIC MAGS. COULD YOU IMAGINE IT NOW IN CONDE NAST ERA PITCHFORK? IN A CHIMP'S COCK.

KITES, OR TO HIS MUM "CHRISTOPHER", IS A ONE MAN SHOW WHO RACKED UP THE EARLY SCENE POINTS OF LIMITED CASSETTE RELEASES AND GOT FARTED ON EARLY BY PRURIENT SO BASICALLY HE'S AT DEMI-GOD STATUS BY 2004 (WHEN THIS COMES OUT). IT IS BASED IN THE NOISE WORLD BUT THERE'S ALSO A SENSIBILITY OF PLAY THAT MEANS TRACK-TO-TRACK THERE ISN'T THE KIND OF "CONSISTENCY" WE EXPECT FROM AN ALBUM. NO MATTER. BRICOLAGE IS A VALID APPROACH.

 

THING IS THOUGH I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THIS. WANTED TO! THE COVER IS COOL AND I LIKE THE TITLE (REALLY). LET'S GO THROUGH IT TRACK BY TRACK SO I AM NOT MISSING ANYTHING OUT. 

1. SOUNDS LIKE A SPECTRUM ZX LOADING SCREEN FOR 10 MINUTES. 

2. FIELD RECORDING OF A SHORT NEW AGE CHANT, A BIT LIKE AKRON/FAMILY.

3. GENTLE WINDCHIME INTO HARSH AMELODIC NOISE AND SCREAMING.

4. FOLK? TWO GUITARS INTERLOCKING PLEASANTLY FOR 46 SECONDS. ANIMAL COLLECTIVEISH (CIRCA SUNG TONGS)

5. SAME AS 1 BUT ONLY 2 MINUTES.

6. SAME AGAIN BUT SOMEONE TALKING DISTANTLY OVER IT.

7. FIELD RECORDING OF A GAMELAN MAYBE? NICEST THING HERE. SHORT.

8. LIVE NOISE CUT OF VOCALS AND STATIC BURSTS. CAN IMAGINE IT WAS OKAY TO WATCH BUT A CHORE TO LISTEN TO.

9. 11 MINUTES OF MEANDERING NOISES. FUCK RIGHT OFF.

10. 1 MINUTE GUITAR IMPROV.

PSYCHOLOGICALLY THIS IS INTERESTING IN ITS REFUSENIK TENDENCIES. LIKE THE NON-NOISE TRACKS WOULD PROBABLY PISS NOISE FANS OFF TOO. LIKE IT IS AIMED SOLELY AT PEOPLE WITH A REALLY SPECIFIC SENSE OF HUMOUR. I AM JUST NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE AND IN FACT AM EXACTLY THE KIND OF PERSON THIS WOULD ANNOY MORE BECAUSE OF ITS ADJACENCY TO POTENTIALLY GOOD MUSIC.

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