+DOG+ - Creature Comforts (cassette C23, Brise-Cul Records 2012)



+DOG+ + is a three headed project that goes along in the scene quite a while now. On the release I will be reviewing today are two tracks, called “Food” and “Clothing/Shelter/Health”. Or in other words: the basic needs of a animal/human being.

“Food” has the sound of a power failure. Drone loops, sharp but not aggressive static and alarm like, reverbed, oscillating tones are giving this track the feeling like a nature disaster or storm that has just affected the suburbs of mankind. Its overall relatively calm in sound and never crossing the borders of true harsh noise, but that’s what makes this track so strong. It’s perfectly balanced and well put togheter/preformed.

The other track “Clothing/Shelter/Health” follows the same path, but then again also not. The sound is a bit more aggressive and violent. It also seems to be existing out of several parts (like the title indicates). In the first part I hear distorted vocal like sounds, its hard to tell because they are mixed well with the other noise sounds. The second parts exists out of a distorted, transceiver signal, shifting in sound and shape. And the last part has a humming drone/tone, drenched in washy noise.

I would describe the first track as being very eerie and ominous, while the other one is more remote. A nice combination, what makes this a short but very enjoyable release.

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