Chefkirk "Tax Cuts for Nose Jobs" CD
[SNSE]
This time out Chefkirk offers up nine tracks in a mere 26 minutes, making for a quick flurry of glitchy electronic noise that's a bit louder and brighter in output volume than some of the other work I've heard from the project. Stylistically, however, a wide range of noise is still offered up, again proving to me that this project exemplifies a literal definition of "experimental noise" quite well. "Peasant Farmers" is a generally softer and more ambient sort of piece, whereas others along the lines of the brief "Millions of Chickens" get more acerbic, or there's "Oxlike-Guar (Cloned)" which is rather obscure. "Carbon Dioxide Sequestration" is among the longer and more balanced pieces, chaotically fusing weird electronic textures with some unusual feedback and aggressive (though not truly harsh) midrange movement. Another long piece, "Animal Product Colon", takes one of the most minimal roads, with some dry hums softly manifesting themselves as quick bursts of volume punch forth at times. The consistency and gradual pacing of this composition keep it at a more atmospheric level for me, and I find it to be among the strongest offerings of this disc. "Avo-Reuben" gets significantly thicker and more menacing with its biting clarity of distortion and glitchy undercurrents - again, not harsh, but definitely more of an attack here. Very nice, the quality of sound makes a huge impact with this one. Excellent packaging here, too. The CD-R comes in a slim white cardboard slipcase with three colors (orange, yellow, and black) screenprinted onto it - showing icons of smiling faces, a doctor, and some other designs/minimal text. The face of the disc has similar artwork printed directly onto it as well. Great stuff, it really looks very nice. I'm still not totally into this style of noise, but at its best Chefkirk's work really is quite interesting. This is the best release I've experienced from the project to date, so I'm still intrigued. (7/10)
Running time - 25:52, Tracks: 9
[Notable tracks: H5N1, Animal Product Colon, Avo-Reuben]
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