Power noise, harsh yet beautiful. Split between two projects: KZSU fave Necroanal and Children in Gas Masks. The latter starts the CD with 12 tracks that vary widely from chill Eno’esque ambience to harsh power noise. Beautiful stuff. Necroanal of course is the king of the noise trash heap and doesn’t disappoint, however these tracks ebb and flow and are probably higher on the creative level than some of his other releases, which are seemingly just hell bent to make your ears bleed. All of this stuff is cinematic and composed in comparison. A great entry level CD for anyone interested in the narcotic mind numbing potential of power noise worship.

1) Droney, distorto drone, lovely
2) beautiful swirling drones
3) tad more ambient, more white noise than distortion
4) synthlike overtones, Eno’esque, “space music” almost
5) very chill, ambient synths with a light wash of white noise
6) harsh high pitches mixed in 7) harsh, looped high pitches
8) harsh, swirling noise treatments, brutal
9) a good layered noise drone, feels right
10) harsher, long loop
11) harsh, distorto
12) looping layering, harsh, halting
13) low quiet drone to start, gets torn up by looping harsh industrial bursts
14) hits hard, fast, brutal
15) low messed up melodic tones, looping harshness
16) crumbling, harsh
17) pulsing intense
18-21) bordering on techno/breakbeat, more rhythmic, techno undertones