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Behind this improbable bandname is an old Soundclick face, Daniel Euphrat (Dross, Timmy Sells His Soul and others). I've reviewed Timmy Sells His Soul a couple of times in the past, a collaboration with arch musical loony Pilesar and - way back in the mists of time Dross once or twice. So, suffice to say that I know what I am letting myself in for and feel it my duty to warn you about the chaos that approaches. See, Daniel shares Pilesar's prediliction for the wilder edges of the musical world where - as we well know - things don't always make much sense. At least in the conventional sense anyway; conventionality is a swear word where these guys are concerned.Take, for example, the back story behind this track. The song comments state 'all sounds taken from one 30 minute session of channel surfing. no instruments, effects or filters used'. So the question comes up, is it really music? Strangley enough, it actually is, kinda/sorta. True there isn't a lot of sense to it when listened through for the first time and many people would have already run away really fast. This reviewer, as you well know, is made of sterner stuff and I actually started to like it after playing it a few times.
While it isn't something I'd slap on for the odd buzz or jolt, it's a really interesting patch job of some of the oddest sounds imaginable (including, I think, a guest appearance by James Woods). Oh, if you don't like listening to any of the ol' squelchy squelchy (Ed: I wonder what he means...?), best to skip the intro. Considering the boast of containing no samples, the cuts involved here do give the track an odd musical slant but that only lasts a minute or so, the rest being taken up by cutting and slicing of random events. Now obviously this is going to have a limited audience, but that's a shame because this is a very interesting bit of oddness.
Experimental, yep. Successful, yep again. Recommended sonic weirdness.
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