Daniel Menche - Deluge & Sunder (c) 2006 Beta-lactam Ring Records
Artist....: Daniel Menche
Album.....: Deluge & Sunder
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 04
Genre.....: Avantgarde
Label.....: Beta-lactam Ring Records
Catalogue#: mt137
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.esophagus.com/htdb/menche/
Tracklist:
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01 Deluge One 15:29
02 Deluge Two 15:45
03 Sunder One 17:43
04 Sunder Two 17:43
Total: 88,6 MB / 66:40 min
Release Notes:
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Black Series 5 - Ed. of 350 numbered and signed copies. A CD edition of
what every D.M. fan considers his finest work to date. Remastered and
expanded with a bonus album "Sunder", a follow up to "Deluge". What makes
a Menche a Mensch? Well, kids, if you do not already know, the thick
textural musings of Mr. Menche are more subtle and moving than those of
the average power elctronic bear. Too frequently lumped in with a rather
dour lot, Menche, I believe, is often misunderstood as being a darkly
obsessed character, and while he does paint in chiaroscuro, his sonic
assaults have much more to do with palpability than pulpability. Think of
it as being assaulted...with a Pepa. 'Deluge' is actually a surprising
departure from previous explorations as the tones are generated by real
live instruments (bass guitar, accordian & melodica) as played by a real
live Menche. The rumbly counterpoint that so well defines Menche's
sensibilities is still there, but is played against, initially, a seering
wall of D sharp that is built from what sounds like an extended bowing
(ala Stephen Scott's monofiliment attacks on piano interiors, but more as
if conducted by Dumitrescu). The latter piece is a beautiful and playful
exercise with a bellowed instrument. A solid droning G has a conversation
with quietly modulated tones above (angels?) and soft porcine bassy throbs
below (fat angels?). Maybe akin to later Nigel Ayers or Soliloquey era
Nurse, but the precedings are distinctively Menchian, and the last piece
breaks down so sublimely that I found myself listening to just the end
part over and over again. I'll do that sometimes when I've had too much
coffee.