Chefkirk "Effective Sentences" CD
[Deserted Factory]
Like his past work, this disc offers up a slew of tracks running all over the electronic noise spectrum. From more chaotic and frantic arrangements to shuffled movements and thicker rumbles, the compositions are often fairly fast paced and full of motion, bouncing back and forth from one to another without much of a pause to catch your breath. That may make it seem as though the work is rather aggressive, but that's not really the case. As I've said in the past, the interesting thing about Chefkirk's work is that it's really not categorizable within any subgenre of noise, it's just literal experimental electronic noise. It's not harsh, it's not dark ambient, etc. But it also doesn't come off as totally random nonsense, which many artists whose work is loosely similar to this in texture and delivery does. There are a lot of different sounds represented however, which may be what makes the real difference. "Verb, Mood and Voice" opens with only 26 seconds of quickly shifting electronic sounds, followed by "Indirect to Direct" which has some of the louder and more abrasive moments - certainly one of the brightest and most up front herein. "Ineffective Subordination" has some thick manipulated beats fighting their way forth, and possesses a more consistent feel for its duration; while the title track tops 11 minutes, opening with faint rumbles and distant glitchy textures for a much quieter atmosphere, hovering about without significant variation as more of a crunchy/ominous distortion fades into play towards the close of the selection. "Excessive Subordination" is but a mere 14 seconds of piercing feedback - far louder and more biting than the rest of the work, leading into another longer and more laidback piece in "Repeated Words" - keepings things quieter and using less variation in overall flow. "Misplaced Phrase" is similar in its light use of layering and sparse arrangements, though the tones are a little more active and get louder and more expressive with changes and jumps in output level. Chefkirk releases generally tend to look nice, and despite small discrepancies this is no different, with the CD-R housed in a jewel case using bold colors and imagery with lots of stark white space for added effect. The sound is nice on this one as well, crisp without being thin, and possessing a little more density than some of what I've heard from the project in the past. I'm not blown away by the compositions themselves, though some are very nice, and I don't dislike any of it. So... this is a consistent and curious project. Oh, and the release is numbered of 100 copies, so I imagine that interested parties shouldn't wait but so long to pick one up. (6/10)
Running time - 39:36, Tracks: 11
[Notable tracks: Verb, Mood and Voice, Effective Sentences, Repeated Words]
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