Blixer Toad

Experimental noise, sound collage using vocal manipulation and electronics. Female duo from Scandanavia, recorded and produced locally at Asphodel’s stellar new studios in SF (Diamanda Galas, Rob Swift, Antimatter, Mixmaster Mike, Scratch Pickilz, etc). A fine example of artists who plunder the depths, the sources, of what music is at its core tones, dynamics, sounds, stripped bare and displayed. Dense, sporadic, trippy, veers far from academic masturbation as well as 2x4 in the face gratuitious noise. Heady quality stuff, like Matmos sitting in a bathhouse with Merzbow and Yma Sumac being cleansed, folded, and manipulated.

CD1:
1) starts with sparse sound collage, bursts of tones, sources, then a slow rumble develops and the whole thing grows louder, noisey and droney
2) heavy manipulation, looping layered feel, noisey
3) searing high tones, bursts, glitch, sparser collage-like, brief
4) starts sparse, collage, grows noisey in bursts
5) chill, brief
6) vocalizations, cut up and heavily manipulated, spastic, weird
7) manipulated horn, toy organs, etc
8) heavy wash of noise appears, music cuts in and out, demonic screams and stuff, crazy, ends very cold

CD2:
1) mostly chill and sparse, but dense bursts find their way around
2) looping deep bursts, mostly sparse, collage-like but does grow denser, noisey toward end
3) very chill, ambient, spooky, beautiful
4) industrial pulsing looping industrial noise, old school soundtrack to being in a sci-fi factory that manufactures plasm
5) creative use of accordian/orantic sound source evolves into beautiful manipulation of basic primitive tones, turns quite chill
6) explosive noise bursts to start, then an epic opus of noise bursts
7) quiet dramatic slow to build but remains beautifully ambient, to make Eno proud (think: Music For Airports).