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 The journey begins with ominous bass drones and industrial machine noise in the track Gravity Damage. Its evident that we are exploring planetary territories through alien droid transmissions. Headphones are recommended if you prefer to maximize the dizzying array of stereo panning and acoustic mind fuck. Razing Darkness delivers the goods on their title track Terraform. This is the soundtrack that alludes to machine vs. Mother Nature. Imagine a large space craft ripping apart a desolate lunarscape to build towering monoliths of steel. Again the scene is not a happy one and this dark ambient release really foretells a future of mechanized suffering. Drenched with reverbed feedback and queasy delay the third track Answered with Satie is the sonic aftermath of this planet building experiment. I think this would have been an excellent way to conclude the release but the meandering Dogstar follows next. The songs echoed filter modulations with brooding organ ride a bit too close to the clichéd territory well traveled in this genre of music. Jason Danielson, the sole artist behind Razing Darkness, describes his output as “Ultra-sensory simulation for the id; pure lo-fi isolationist musik.” I would argue that it's a bit misleading to say lo-fi since Jason seems to have spent a lot of time mixing these great sounding textures and field recordings into compelling compositions. Most of Terraform has a very narrative and filmic quality. Although I have never heard his work in the Tapegerm Collective (2000-2003), his aesthetic direction seems to be influenced largely by experimental musicians exploring industrial and psychedelia from 20-30 years ago such as the Nurse with Wound, Legendary Pink Dots, Zoviet France, and early Tangerine Dream. Jason has name checked these groups on his one sheet and its safe to say that any fans of the following would appreciate this EP for more than a few casual listens. Review by Derek Morton
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