JASON ZEH - A VACANT LOT TO BE IN (LP by CIP)
The other new record on CIP is by Jason Zeh, of whom I first heard on
the same label, and whose work since then has my interest. Zeh is one
of the few people I know who uses extensively cassette tapes, processed
in extreme conditions, to create some excellent musique concrete from a
very lo-fi point of view. Tape is treated with paint, dirt, needles,
sand papers, but also tape recorders are subject to similar
modifications, and all of these processed recordings are put together
with some great effect. Two pieces, one per side and each is described
on the cover, such as 'all sounds derived from cassette loops of
varying lengths stretched between modified tape decks. Magnets,
splicing tape, sand paper and magnetized knife blades have been used to
slowly dismantle the recorded source material' and that's what happens
over the twenty minutes of 'Cycles Of Doubt'. That piece is throughout
quite a drone like affair, whereas 'A Vacant Lot To Be In' is a slow
growing animal, reaching it's forceful peak at one point, buzzing
loudly with tons of hiss, in a might crescendo ending the piece.
Excellent stuff, carved into an analogue medium for optimum playback.
(FdW)
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