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a r t i s t : CJA
t i t l e : Ironclad
d a t e : 2005
l a b e l : Digitalis Industries/Last Visible Dog (digi13/lvd76)
g e n r e : Lo-Fi
r l s. d a t e : April/2005
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 38,10 MB
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cja sceams, "i am a fucking monster." shout it from on high.
cja's master opus, "ironclad," reaks of monstrous minimalist
genius. these songs are unearthed from a secret place, within
the depths of new zealand's green pastures and jagged
mountains. this is music that was destroyed and pieced back
together so that it can destroy you. "ironclad" is a monolith.
hell, it caused cja to stop making solo records. it is that
good. don't take it from me, take it from glenn donaldson:
"i've already set all my electric guitars ablaze in tribute to
cja."
Long overdue domestic CD from Clayton Noone (also with
releases as Armpit on Celebrate Psi Phenomena). This one is a
bit on the melodic side (especially having heard 'headache')
and might possibly be the ideal introduction to the world of
CJA.
split release from Digitalis Industries and Last Visible Dog
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Clayton Noone is yet another one of the key players in the
post HCorp NZ scene; going back as far or farther than
Birchville Cat Motel; but where others have focused on
noisescape and drone, Noone has always been more
confrontational. My first introduction to his music was
another CJA release, the appropriately titled 'Headache' (look
out! Soon to be rereleased on CPSIP!) where sidelong slabs of
feedback assaulted the listener from tape start to tape end.
Elsewhere Noone has operated under the title of Armpit and
accomplished much in the junk-noise vein. Most significant
however are his double CD release 'The Tank' on Pink Skulls
and his new Art-Punk project (for lack of a better genre
pigeon-hole), The Futurians.
Among all this mess is Ironclad; perhaps the safest of all
places to start. Melodic and often quite subdued, this is
like a pleasant, even personal sit-down with Clayton before
all the shit breaks loose. Everything you know about Noone
and his various projects is here, just kept at bay enough for
the thing to actually resemble music a bit. Well, I guess wel
all need an album that isn't completely out of its mind. This
one is only half out of its mind and subsequently might not
piss EVERYONE off.
This is one of the first releases by Clayton Noone to be
available on CD in the US, alongside Soft Abuse's release of
The Futurians.
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01-2:23 [02:28]
02-3:14 [03:19]
03-5:05 [05:10]
04-2:50 [02:54]
05-4:39 [04:44]
06-5:23 [05:27]
07-5:16 [05:20]
08-1:37 [01:41]
09-3:30 [03:35]
10-2:33 [02:37]
11-2:08 [02:12]
12-1:22 [01:22]
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40:49 min