A track of off Pink Floyd’s experimental 1969 album Ummagumma called “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict” featured a percussive mixture of strange sounds resembling furry little beasts having some kind of rhythmic orgy. Earlier this year Justin Brink released an album on Tympanik Audio under his Pneumatic Detach moniker called [ko•mor•bid]. In contrast to Floyd’s approach, Brink presents what comes across as several species of vicious, metallic insects rapidly consuming everything in their path. Featuring a wildly varied array of caustic rhythms and ominous atmospheres the album is another bold step in this artist’s evolution, taking Powernoise and infusing it with hysteric fits of rapidfire Drum N Bass while occasionally bringing the listener up for air with moody ambiance.
While the album stretches over an hour in length and can occasionally get a little samey due to a decided repetition in sounds utilized it’s an impressive offering that is on par with 2006′s [vis•cer•a]. Check out “Down In The Earth,” one of the more atmospheric tracks from the album, then head over to the Tympanik Audio site and order up a copy.
November 4th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
this is a really cool track. I might have to pick this up!