Crawl Unit: vs. Silence
- vs. Silence - Part I
- vs. Silence - Part II
Consisting of three extremely long compositions and two rather short pieces
this Crawl Unit album is truly a struggle against silence. The music on this
album is so ultra minimal that unless you have a good stereo you simply cannot
interpret the true depth and subtlety of the music. While I'm not quite sure
what the artist had in mind while composing this music it seems as if the
sounds throughout this CD are actually fighting what is just barely a winning
battle over silence. Each of the five pieces barely peak the volume meter no
matter how high you turn them up and they all seem to be fighting against the
void that is the absence of sound. Musically this means that each track is
little more than a collection of ambient sounds and field recordings
regeneratively enhanced to remove all of the offending hiss, clicks and snaps
inherent in all analog media. Ultimately this means that "vs. Silence" is not
an album for everyone, but rather a listening experience that is intended to be
enjoyed with the benefits of a voluminous stereo system rather than the
limiting factors of a pair of headphones.
Crawl Unit is: J Crawley
Contact:
Manifold Records
P.O. Box 12266
Memphis, TN 38182
E-mail: manifold@manifoldrecords.com
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