nearField - Vakar Gerem Keturiese Prie Misko...

Artist: nearField
Release: Vakar Gerem Keturiese Prie Misko, Ant Senu, Nebenaudotu Veikiancio Metro Begiu
Label: Perineum
Year: 2006
Format: CDr
Tracks: 1
TRT: 24:27

From a label out of Lithuania comes their 17th release from the Canadian artist nearField. I will start by saying that I never heard much of nearField or Perineum just until recently when we exchanged emails and all I can say is that I was not disappointed.

The track is made up of sound sources from the city of Toronto, mainly railway tracks, bridges and passing trains for example. This is listed on the website from the artist. What I like best is that these are not just field recordings because I would have never guessed that these sounds I was listening to were from trains and such. The noises are progressive so it's kind of like an ambient noise that can break your brain if your not careful. The track goes heavy for about 10 minutes and then takes a soft rest were your left with hisses and soft tones that a mouse could digest easily. The track then again picks up with a loud wall of white noise that simply ends the track rather abruptly. My only wish on this CDr was that there was more of it, but I totally understand an artist’s nature to want to release an EP as well, which is what this is.

The artwork is very creative. Here we get a simple blue cardboard sleeve with an image of a large bridge on the front but the sleeve is wrapped with two strips of ribbon and two beautifully coloured pictures glued to the bottom of each side’s corner. The text is printed nicely and it's limited to 50 copies, which is fairly good for a noise EP of this nature. A good show and effort from a great Canadian artist and a dedicated Lithuanian label.