Ghoul Detail - Monument

Artist: Ghoul Detail
Release: Monument
Label: Roil Noise Offensive
Year: 2006
Format: CDr
Tracks: 10
TRT: 74:17

Ghoul Detail brings a new approached to his already extensive soundscape catalog. This time he incorporates drums and beats to his ambient sounds. The disc starts off with a great little intro that has some unique vocal effects and a nice drone crumble. This track gives off a great idea of what to expect from the disc as a whole. Most of the disc contains a drone in the background, to carry the track through, with interlayer sounds and drum patterns beating the way till the end of the track. But it's not that simple.

Track #2 (Penis Enlargement) and track #3 (FYC) show off great examples of GD's approach in this album. Great looped effects and drums groove the way along with the ambient drones and this is a good way of getting someone new to ambient in for a listen. One never feels bored with these tracks and I think it's due in large part to GD's great drum patterns, which also change throughout the track. It isn't just a simple 4/4 beat.

Track #4 (What's Real?) has GD showing his true talents. This is something that I never would have expected and it is done very well. A trip-hop drum beat plays with this lovely ambient tickle in the background. Some great reversed samples and vocal quotes help lift this track to a higher state of the ambient field.

We than have another great track, Track #6 (Slice Me Some Green). This one gives off a jazzy-improve feel with the drums and there's some great use of echo and DJ style noise switching going on. A great addition to this already unique disc from Ghoul Detail. I won't explain all the tracks but this is some of the better one's that are on this disc and these few along are well worth the purchase. The only negative I have is that Ghoul Detail seems to be recycling some sounds in this disc. I don't know if that was intended, but it seems that some samples that appear in one track are used in another, just played differently. Whatever the case maybe I still love this disc and it's my favorite GD to date.