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your pick:
For those of you suffering from an attention span that would shame a goldfish…or
just want a quick and precise summery… go to review one. Anyone
else wanting a more in depth (if I’m capable of such things) write
up go to review two.
Review One: Negru Voda. Peter Nystrom. Many different bands. "Unplugged"
is Negru Voda live. In some festival in Vilnius. In 2004. Six tracks.
Industrial noise and samples. Sounds fab. Like he’s playing in your
living room. Buy it. Today. Now in fact. What the fuck you waiting for?
Review Two: He just keeps on surprising us does Peter Nystrom. Not content
with dabbling in new projects he still has the time to resurrect the old
ones. With a new Megaptera release due out any day / week / month soon
(time is thine enemy) he keeps our spirits high with a Negru Voda live
recording made at the Industrial Festival in Vilnius Lithuania on 11 December
2004. These six tracks of this momentous event have been carefully mastered
by Magnus Sundstrom (The Protagonist) and such is his craftsmanship skills
that it beggars belief that these tracks were played in front of a living
breathing audience. Any crowd / extraneous noises have been completely
removed making it a more studio like experience. Cheating? Depends on
your point of view. Drunken idiots yelling or an occasional hand clap
don’t exactly appeal to my senses so their removal is a blessing
in my ears. You may feel different. Good for you.
The
six tracks here…he might have played more on the day / night (maybe
he’ll shed light on his experience through his website one day)
are all untitled. Some sound faintly familiar but I’ll leave the
track listing for you to try and figure out. Musically "Unplugged"
is all you could ever hope or wish for. Mixing high density Industrial
noise / beats / melodic [sic] passages, coupled with a sturdy dose of
suitably nefarious samples, makes this a never to be forgotten aural experience.
This is after all Negru Voda. Which all told is recommendation enough.
The electronics frizzle and rasp filling the surrounding air with untold
heart stopping tensions. The ferocity of the music at times overwhelming.
Rhythmically ball-breaking with occasional forays into metal clanking
and vague ambience. Fuck…it’s good. Put in your own words
and metaphors and I’ll guarantee they’ll still be no where
near the mark. Essential…but you’ve probably already guessed
that…and a privilege to hear what the legend sounds like live.
ANM