Physical Demon / Al Qaeda Septet, The

Various Artists
General | May 2011

Reviews

Adam Pearson
Reviewed 2011-09-25
Physical Demon:
Electronic synth ambient. Physical Demon sounds a bit like labelmates Sundrips and Megabats but is more cerebrally experimental and involved with droning electronic textures and fleeting blippiness.

*1. Slow lush synth atmospherics, arpeggiating laser fire, some harsh loops incorporated, sustained computer tone backing. (8:37)
2. Fades in from previous track, skittery soundscape of post-Blade Runner zipping synths and futuristic electronics. (11:24)

The Al Qaeda Septet:
Free rock – on first glance, this is kind of a disparate split. Interesting fusion stuff that would make Miles Davis smile, while the late spaced-out electronics make sense within the Debacle roster.

*3. More direct guitar parts, distant trumpet, loose slithery percussion, messy noodling, I think the trumpet is playing in some eastern scale, giving an Arab flavor. Builds in intensity with droning guitar picking and feedback, spaced effects come in, percussion straightens out a bit to a tribal groove. Cool space fusion climax. (17:37)

Recent airplay

D
DESTROY ORANGEASMNov 22, 2011
Ommatidia #1
a brief OverkillNov 19, 2011
D
razor's edgeNov 16, 2011
D
razor's edgeNov 03, 2011
Ommatidia #1
razor's edgeOct 19, 2011
Ommatidia #1
Brownian MotionOct 19, 2011

Charting

2011-09-25 — 2011-11-27 Classical/Experimental
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 27 1
Nov 20 2
Nov 6 1
Oct 23 3
Oct 16 3
Oct 9 2
Oct 2 3

Track listing

1. Ommatidia #1
2. Ommatidia #2
3. D