Artist : Indignant Senility
Title : Plays Wagner
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2010
Date : 05/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 11
Label : Type Records
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 77:44 min
Size : 102,6 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Untitled 01 05:04
02.Untitled 02 06:01
03.Untitled 03 06:24
04.Untitled 04 07:43
05.Untitled 05 05:32
06.Untitled 06 09:54
07.Untitled 07 04:09
08.Untitled 08 08:17
09.Untitled 09 02:28
10.Untitled 10 13:36
11.Untitled 11 08:36
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77:44 min
Pat Maherr might not be a name familiar
to a lot of music buyers, but those in
the know will probably already be
salivating at the promise of a new
release. Under a plethora of names he
has hand-crafted some of the most
beguiling sounds weÆve heard in the last
few years û chopped and screwed hip hop
as DJ Yo-Yo Dieting, lo-fi noise as
Sisprum Vish, sample-heavy musique
concrete as Moms Who Chop and cask-
strength industrial ambience as here,
under the Indignant Senility moniker.
æPlays WagnerÆ appeared as a very
limited cassette on MaherrÆs own label
last year, but as soon as it landed at
the Type offices we knew it needed to
reach more ears. Using a handful of
dusty Wagner pieces (no doubt scored
from one of Portland, OregonÆs many
thrift stores), he has stretched and
distorted the hallowed tones into
something indescribably dark and
beautiful. Like David LynchÆs peerless
Eraserhead soundtrack before it, this is
music that sounds as if you are being
dragged through rusted pipes and hearing
the distant swell of broken gramophones
playing in unison. Maherr has created
music that is at all times exquisite but
deeply disturbing. Like Leyland Kirby or
even William Basinski, there is a sense
of harmony, nostalgia and restraint in
the layers of hiss, grit and noise.
It is only very rarely you hear
something as pure and enveloping as
æPlays WagnerÆ, and we are proud to be
able to bring this to the wider world.
Having mastered this from cassette tape,
we have retained all the decomposing
grime experienced on the original
version (which was dubbed to aging,
heavily used C90 cassettes), but have
beefed it up for public consumption. The
best way to absorb an album like this is
to place the needle and simply slip away
into a deep, nightmarish slumber. Just
keep your eye on the radiator, who knows
what might happen.
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