Derek Rogers/Good Willsmith: split tape (Hausu Mountain, 2013)
October 15, 2013 at 9:48 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Derek Rogers/Good Willsmith: split tape
Another volume in Hausu Mountain’s split tape series. Ultraprolific dronelord Derek Rogers does side A, starting off with some elastic guitar tones dipped in fuzzy distortion, not unlike Fennesz, then unstably drifting through scanner-like static noises and cool-blue synth tones, and then ending up with a lightly dancing bright tone which frays out at the end. Good Willsmith (who I saw open for Negativland) do a sort of multimedia sample-heavy drone, with lots of bird calls and shredded, mulched dialogue. It builds with soaring guitars, wordless vocals, and somewhat orchestral-sounding synths, sounding equally bold and terrified. The bird sounds don’t let up, chirping through the entire 15-minute piece, and vocals and other sounds get mutated by a Kaoss pad, further distorting the strange atmosphere.
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