Jonas Reinhardt: Foam Fangs 12″ EP (100% Silk, 2012) + Rusting Ciphers of a Forgotten Sky tape (VCO Records, 2012)
December 1, 2013 at 10:58 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Jonas Reinhardt: Foam Fangs 12″
One thing I’ve noticed about 100% Silk releases is that if they’re meant to be played at 45, sometimes they just sound better at 33. That Polonaise record is such an incredible cosmic slow-disco record at 33, it just doesn’t make sense at 45 at all to me. This Jonas Reinhardt record does sound fine at 45, but maybe a little too amped up, so I’m listening to it at 33 now and it simmers and stirs. Definitely a good precursor to his Kraut-disco opus
Mask Of The Maker which came out on Not Not Fun this year.
Jonas Reinhardt & Abyss Of Fathomless Light: Rusting Ciphers Of A Forgotten Sky tape
Now that I’ve finally gotten around to posting about that 12″, I’m also finally getting around to covering this tape that he also released last year, in collaboration with Abyss Of Fathomless Light. I never got around to touching this tape, literally, because it was sewn shut. The tape itself comes in a beautiful dual-layered paper packet which you have to destroy to retrieve the tape. I managed to pry the thread out from the top without causing too much damage, just a little bit of tear. Musically, it’s nothing like his more dancey material. The synths are still a bit cosmic, but they’re surrounded by disembodied taped voices, industrial gravel percussion, and so much post-civilization dread and despair. Each side is listed as its own extended piece (Side A is “Beneath The Liquid District Of Amalgamation”, Side B is “White Kingdom Of The Five Year Plan”), but instead of focusing on one idea for their duration, they seem to be suites of individual movements. Some parts seem more electrified and invigorated, and others are more decayed, staring at the ruins of society in disbelief and hoping for everything to fade away.
The Answer Is In The Beat 
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