Forms

OK, so the technicalities of what is being done here are beyond me, I am not a fellow musical creator. However, I like all of the genres listed and the Intro presents me with a dark beginning. Pulsating, scattered voice of sonically induced pain. Sounds like a bad trip on the astral plane. Forms 01, lots of background noise, very industrial and busy, with a voice that sounds like it is part of a horror film already. Then the tone changes, losing the business and falling back onto a darkscape, needing a key. Nice resounding minimalism. A spooky melodiousness fills out the content well, which then dissolves into the least amount of sound structure, still searching for that key. Then, it seems the door is opened into bedlam itself.

The third track is a jumble of sounds and voices, little structure, an interlude of noises. Forms 03 rings out and adds some lovely synthetic sounds. Bass and rhythm join the throng, then an industrial anvil beating, up to a voice sample or two as the tone of the track changes. Nice variation that makes it interesting to listen to, along with distinct changes in atmosphere that excite the imagination. A little protracted towards the end, perhaps a shade too long. The fifth track presents much the same in way of atmosphere, quite raw sound and noise samples, with a mellow, throbbing musical counterpoint. It drones onwards thus, but that is the nature of the beast.

Forms 05 begins as a stuttering mess and slowly tries to pull itself together. I like the inclusion of silence as part of the construction, then the track seems to gather its senses and becomes more presentable. Again it is a complex form of minimalism, which I happen to be very fond of, helps me transcend the shit world I live in, and dread my children growing up into. Talk about a guilt trip! Hey let's bomb a wedding party in Afghanistan like we are still on the video consoles back home boys. Top marks! And yes, I am being sarcastic. 05 has had a militaristic essence to it through the voices, I thought at first of a rocket launching, but it seems it's more like depleted uranium shells into innocent peoples homes instead. War is just a game to some people, and so to is the resulting death-dealing. Musically, I like some of the sounds, though it appears a bit random.

Forms 06 again harks to unneccesary violence and vile military tactics being employed to kill children and woman. Have the Israeli soldiers got the guts to shoot a ten year old boy through the head for throwing a stone at their tanks and robot-controlled machine guns, in the no-man's land they've created. Have you got the guts to stand up to that level of conscience? It weighs on mine, as a pacifist.

Luckily, Forms 07, seems to chill out, something I apparently need. Nice musical construction, a ghostly testimony to innocent souls left wandering in the aether, following their violent and undeserved terminations. It didn't really need more voices, as it is and continues to be a decent electronic track in its own right. Water forms the start of Forms 08, the truth is the truth is tautological, the truth is not something some governments want to admit to. Arms deals that are reverted when friends become enemies. That's the truth, an invention to cope with guilt. An excuse to 'destroy world terrorism'. Strange how we don't hear much from the IRA anymore, isn't it. I wonder why, because the truth IS the truth, and for some governments that's too much to bear.

Forms 09 is exquisitely formless to a larger extent, but nonetheless enjoyable as a creative venture. Abstract and incomplete. Forms 10, seems formidable due to its length and the prospect of listening to a lot of background noise is somewhat daunting. However, I sense a structure taking form, almost ethnic. I'm expecting the shells to start being launched and a child asking its mother why the horrible men are killing them all, i.e. I'm dreading what this track may invoke in my angry mind. As with the former album I've reviewed, lots of natural sounds but no monkeys singing, just the odd bird. Constructively, it seems a bit random as it progresses, a touch haphazard. Although, rhythm comes in strongly and gives it a nice formation after about six minutes and pretty much stays the same for the rest of the track, with some subtle changes to content from what I can discern. Look at the track time! Think about it.

Forms 11 has a beautiful essence to it, like an orchestra warming up. The rhythm builds in force and finds its limited to what the underlying sense of melody holds in down to. This could be a long haul, which is fine if you have the time and right mood. I never have enough time and I don't think I'm in a particularly good mood. However, after three minutes or so, it changes its overall tone and becomes more assertive, though it keeps slipping back into a musical obscurity. Again, it stays pretty much the same from then onwards, with small, minor additions. Now this is the music I've been waiting for. Structure, content and a nice effect on my ragged nerves. Then, it gets a bit wilder towards the end lending it a bit more energy and dynamism. Works out well in the end.

Again, that grating noise of American voice assaults my eardrums, like I'm a target. It's almost threatening in stance and essence. I like the electronic work, but it sounds like bombs going off again and that gets to me. A bomb is not a virtual reality simulation, more like a cowboy stimulation. Route 66 is no longer enough for kicks it seems, when you can destroy a whole country.

Forms 13, seems to be a straightforward, minimalist electronic track, to begin with. It's either going to be spoilt by some voice sample, or stay pretty much the same for the remainder. Hopefully the latter, because musically, in places there is the sense of avant garde, though I would not say so generally. Too many generals barking in my ears to make it a comfortable listen. But it has evoked thoughts in my crazed head. Have we forgotten Vietnam and Korea? What has changed in the world arena. Ministry said it all with NWO but maybe better in another of their tracks, F*cked. That's the way the world seems to be. This music, which has genuinely been enjoyable in places, and this last track is an example of that, has also ruffled my feathers. I will get off my soapbox now and leave you with it. If you get this far, send me a message and say whatever.