So I spent some time yesterday with a friend who happens to be a fairly serious NWW fan and we got into a discussion about them (him). I know I’ve heard something by him (them) probably years ago and remember not being to impressed but I also knew they (him) had an extremely deep catalog too so was willing to try again.
iTunes had lots to choose from so I finally decided (with my friends help) to go with "Soliloquy for Lilith”. I started last night and continued with it today and still haven’t finished it since it’s a massive 2.5 hour set piece split up into 8 sections, each being about 17-20 minutes long.
I’m sorry I didn’t hear this sooner since it’s all really excellent, albeit samey in a way. It’s all drone based with the foundation being what seems to be bowed metal on metal and possibly augmented with electronics but can’t really tell. It all sounds very organic and acoustic and I think it ranks (as a whole) right up there with some of the great acousmatic masters (Parmegiani, Ferrari, even Henry in a way) while not in style, but certainly in artistic merit.
I’ll definitely be moving forward with him (them) but I’l probably be taking it slow and cherry picking as I got the impression that not all of their (his) work is of this quality.
Has anyone else walked down the Nurse with Wound path?
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Michael
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