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Artist...: Jute Gyte
Album....: The Sparrow Ep
Genre....: Metal
Label....: X-Ray Records
Source...: Web
Url......: http://bluetapes.bandcamp.com/album/x-ray-five-the-sparrow-12
Size.....: 85.75 MB
Playtime.: 37:27
Type.....: Ep
` Release..: 2017.13.10
Encoder..: Lame 3.99.5
` Quality..: 320k/ 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
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`:vinyl with download code :'
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`:After over a decade of giving the world some of the most :'
`:intricate and experimental black metal, much of it :'
`:featuring the use of micro-tonal scales, Jute Gyte's Adam :'
`:Kalmbach could be forgiven for wanting to take things a :'
`:little bit easier and in a more streamlined way. This EP :'
`:"The Sparrow" may well be about as easy-listening as Jute :'
`:Gyte is ever likely to get: gone are the dense layers of :'
`:noisy scourging industrial guitar tones in many parts and :'
`:in their place are micro-strumming guitar chords that seem :'
`:to be on permanent auto-pilot, scrabbling away in a manner :'
`:bordering on the deranged. Even with this lightweight :'
`:approach, the music is still very menacing and gives the :'
`:impression of a super-horde of cyborg hornets approaching :'
`:your home from the far distances - in a matter of hours, :'
`:that ginormous black cloud of machine insects will soon be :'
`:converging on your neighbourhood. :'
`: :'
`:The title track oozes menace and mystery throughout :'
`:whether through passages of solo demon voice, droning :'
`:guitar tone and crashing percussion, or tinny-sounding :'
`:fluttering quarter-tone guitar chords that can all but :'
`:drive you nuts with their machine-like insistence. Even :'
`:when the music dies down and there is only dark space, an :'
`:air of unease and dread anticipation persists. Spoken word :'
`:parts help to tie various sections featuring very different:'
`:music together. At times the monotony and repetition can :'
`:seem overstretched but the long passages where the music :'
`:repeats over and over do reinforce the sense of an uncaring:'
`:and indifferent world where things turn out to be :'
`:meaningless or to have no value whatsoever, the fabric of :'
`:life is breaking down or is about to break down, and there :'
`:is no purpose to life or to the universe. The cosmos :'
`:continues on long after humankind has died out, and maybe :'
`:extinction really is what you get if you're seeking a :'
`:purpose to living. :'
`: :'
`:"Monadanom" is an all-ambient piece of low-end drone and :'
`:extended guitar twang where the space between sounds is :'
`:dark and empty almost to the point of sterility. Well, not :'
`:quite ... there's the sense that in another dimension :'
`:there's the usual dense and scrabbly Jute Gyte black metal :'
`:industrial noise thrashing about and making its presence :'
`:felt on this physical plane. As this track progresses, more:'
`:of this other music penetrates inter-dimensional barrier :'
`:with swooping and clashing drone and whispering metal :'
`:sizzle. In a later part of the track, a horn from hell :'
`:starts to dominate the rest of the music and the whole :'
`:piece seems like a soundtrack to Tibetan Buddhist monk :'
`:chanting: this is where in spite of the shrieky noise in :'
`:the background, the music becomes mesmeric and awe- :'
`:inspiring. The mood gradually changes from intense and :'
`:stark to something quite mellow and calm. :'
`: :'
`:Both tracks feature a lot of repetition though if you stick:'
`:out what seems to go round and round in circles, you'll :'
`:swear there are actual changes of mood in that repetition :'
`:which make it less a test of endurance than it would be :'
`:otherwise. While "The Sparrow" itself might send listeners :'
`:batty with the micro-tonal guitar twiddling, I found :'
`:"Monadanom" quite a monumental track with its combination :'
`:of background noise and (in the foreground) an implacable :'
`:dark serenity that belies the turmoil behind it. :'
`: :'
`:A nihilistic message about the nature of the universe and :'
`:what it means for us really comes to the fore on this :'
`:recording, in a way that it might not on Jute Gyte's other :'
`:recordings because they are so dense with noise and :'
`:experimentation that the message gets lost. :'
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