Monday, April 24, 2006

Anthony Saunders: 92X04 Garbage In, Garbage Out

Artist: Anthony Saunders
Release: 92X04 Garbage In, Garbage Out
Label: RSM
Year: 2006
Format: CDr
Tracks: 11
TRT: 76:47


This release was previously issued in 2005 and has now been re-released and re-mastered as of March 2006. This release is basically one long track broken into 8 parts, then there are two remixes and then the last track is the 15 sounds used to make this release. Reminds me of something Haujobb would do; putting his samples as a hidden track for others to use.

However, this is noise and a very tonal noise release this is. Lots of high-pitched frequencies mixed with good low bass tones. Your ears get a nice treat here. Nothing too harsh and yet the high rhythmic pulse’s can get to you if you turned the volume high enough. I like this long 8-part track best because we have this low tone that repeats itself over and over again throughout most of the 8 parts, but it’s hidden in the background very unnoticeably by all these other noises going around this tone. Very effective and makes my bones shiver. Some cute sounds occur too in the 3rd track, like soft bells in a church to high to see. Track six of eight is were the movement starts to shift in this horrific like quality that is really quite beautifully scary…so perfect of and ending it is.

The remixes is actually more ambient that anything and I’m not sure how you could remix something like "Gigo Movements 1-8", but AS does do it well. Remix 1 is 10 minutes and Remix 2 is 15 minutes long so they are definitely full tracks in their own right. Personally AS could have called these two tracks "Gigo Movements 9-10" and I wouldn’t have been able to tell the difference, which is a compliment I guess. The last track, 15 Sounds, is what it is. 15 sound samples used to make this 70+ minute release. Listening to these samples is great, because it showed me how gifted Anthony truly is as these samples he used create magic. Wow!

The cover art was done by AS as well and it looks simple, but it fits this release very well. Like a dark oil painting with shadowed colors of dark tinge. It needs to be enlarged and framed. An excellent release from a truly gifted artist, even if it’s just garbage movements.