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 Dokuro is an Italian noise label that releases limited edition tapes, three inch CDRs and the occasional vinyl lp from a variety of international artists. With ten releases to date, the label seems to be aiming at noise of the instrumental variety, swinging closer to the lo-fi dark ambient drone. Plastic Boner Band (aka Samuel Henry), throws Wooden Shjips Dance California seven inch into a furnace of hot coals only to vaporize any previously audible guitar riff-age. The eighteen minute track begs the volume to be cranked for "added value" distortion on your personal stereo or hi-fi. An ultra distorted guitar loop initiates the piece and slowly blankets itself with even harsher overtones. Occasionally, a little buffer override glitch pops up to punctuate the drone, but things move at an glacial pace. If I had to go down the dangerous path of making a generalization, Plastic Boner Band could be compared to many of the US West Coast noise bands like Gerritt and Sixes, whose blasting mid-range volume can create rich psycho-acoustic effects that seem to emanate from between the ears. If you cannot get enough of this, I recommend checking out the 10lp various artist California Box Set on Troniks/RRR/Ground Fault. Good Noise and Bad Noise is described as a loose collective of improvisers and sound and video artists from South Cumbria and Sheffield, UK. The three inch CDR Odds Rook Recur consist of two tracks of the equal length of 9:52. I am guessing this is not a coincidence but might have some strange numerological meaning because the CD has a very mysterious vibe, as if some esoteric alchemical process is unfolding. Arcade Martyr Reports Twinning begins with noisy alien transmissions, which eventually morphs into a thick drone in which a violin weaves a pleading melody. Resonating flange frequencies overtake the violin and a distant recorder or flute signals a more ominous direction. Worrying Sectarian Tramp Trent begins with a dense and trippy feel, while an ethereal loop floats above the din. Violin, noises and miscellaneous samples come and go, but the loop belts the listener in for a horror show ride until the last couple of minutes, where Good Noise and Bad Noise reveal that the nightmare has turned into a fully fledged acid trip. The two tracks apparently were recorded live at the Warrington Pyramid Arts Center, and perhaps in the future the group will release video with their recordings as there is a video artist in the collective. Norwegian artist Torstein Wijjk (aka Kjetil Hanssen) is based in Oslo and runs the label Ambolthue Records. His Dokuro release, Komprimert Munn is a cold, dark subterranean journey, whose brittle and harsh feedback and distorted heavy bass chords suggest a hostile environment. When listening to this all I could imagine was the dark voids under polar ice caps. The twenty minute track progresses like a field recording and sounds more like a document of an experience, rather than a composition or an artist's rendering. It is only Wijjk's intermittent jabbing synthesizer that breaks through the swelling noise, reminding us that Kompriment Munn is not a natural event. Review by Derek Morton
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