a r t i s t : Projekt Transmit
t i t l e : Projekt Transmit
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Staubgold
c a t : Staubgold 93
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2009
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 86,3 MB
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"... This is big exciting music. It punched me in the face
from the opening chord and didnÆt let up for its duration.
Without a dull moment on it, this is one of the great rock
records of the year. (Ben Michael, Rhythms Dec 2008)
(Vitamin/STAUBGOLD) Tony Buck goes (mostly) solo Project
Transmit is a finely-tuned and relentless tempest. Savage,
driving rhythms snake their way through every song,
simultaneously a defining focus and an element of total
instrumental synergy. These compositions sound like they were
conceived in their entirety and recorded in a single movement.
While Anthony Buck (percussionist for the Necks) has invited
many of his industrial and experimental inspirations to the
table, there is no denying Project Transmit is the culmination
of his long tenure as a musical spectre. These tracks are
surprising. They begin and end in the uncharted swamps of
unresolved mayhem, prayer, Shellac, the Cure, pop, hardcore,
neo-, post-, and proto-what. This album is a dream
ceremoniously torn from the bed of a man who has slept beside
and transgressed every musical notion worth a thought.
Progressive textures, jangling guitars, an insurmountable
maelstrom of drumming and even a post-rocking apocalyptic
Dylan cover: ItÆs all there. PAULIE STONE (RAVE MAGAZINE,
March 09)
Project TRANSMIT - Anthony Buck Anthony (nee Tony) Buck has
been or currently is part of the most diverse group of bands
one could imagine - from ambient-minimalist jazz trio The
Necks to noise and mayhem merchants Peril; from the funk-soul
covers band Paris Pink to hardcore improv outfit Kletka Red.
He has played with jazz saxophonists Clifford Jordan and Ernie
Watts as well as avant-garde maestros John Zorn and Jon Rose.
Project TRANSMIT is, with the exception of bass-player Dave
Stymes, all Buck. He drums, sings and plays guitar on an album
that challenges as much as his history would suggest it
should. From the opening What You Want, an unrelenting
post-rock alternate-James Bond-theme; to the closing ten
minute Time, an exploration of sound an texture that melts
into a gentle lullaby, building like waves on the shore then
dissipating back to whence it came from - this album keeps you
on your toes, leaves your nerves on edge, never able to settle
despite its strongly minimalistic rhythmic nature. Buck's
post-apocalyptic version of Dylan's Masters of War could not
be more apt. He has set out to achieve a "sound and momentum"
and has achieved that and more. Disturbingly excellent. (By
Chris Peken. -Alternative Media Group)
Tony Buck?project TRANSMIT 9 Track, LP Project Transmit
probably isnÆt the album most people expected Tony Buck to
make, especially not those only familiar with him as the
drummer with freeform jazz trio The Necks. An exploration of
rockÆs minimal underbelly, it has more in common with Shellac
than any kind of jazz. At every turn, Project Transmit offers
up a new surprise. Buck turns Bob DylanÆs æMasters of WarÆ on
its head, carving an aggressively hypnotic dirge out of the
oft-covered peace anthem. There are shades of The Cure lurking
inside the shimmering æKaylaÆ, traces of June of 44 in
æBloodÆs combination of propulsive rhythm section and
disjointed guitar. Then thereÆs the jangly indie-pop of
æFollow YouÆ, the measured stomp of æLove YouÆ and the
meditative swirl of closer æTimeÆ. ThereÆs an immediacy to
these tracks, a certain visceral quality, that Buck has never
really explored in The Necks. The focus here is very much on
the guitar. BuckÆs playing is kinetic; a collision of heavy,
muscular grooves and glistening harmonics. His drumming is
largely restrained, content to take a back seat for the
albumÆs bulk, only rarely breaking out (as on æKaylaÆ).
Vocally, Buck tends towards low-key repetitive phrases, with
the odd exception (his venomous delivery on æMasters of WarÆ,
the sweet melodies of æFollow YouÆ). DonÆt go into Project
Transmit expecting anything even resembling The Necks, or
thereÆs a good chance youÆll come out disappointed. But
listened to in its own right, removed from all context and
preconceptions, Project Transmit is a brilliant album of
agitated, abrasive noise rock. by Adam D Mills (messandnoise)
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01-What You Want [05:39]
02-Masters Of War [05:52]
03-Transducer [06:10]
04-Kayla [06:22]
05-Follow [05:23]
06-Blood [04:51]
07-What I Mean [09:32]
08-Love You [05:34]
09-Time [10:28]
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59:51 min