How about this: a CD reissue of a 2002
Humbug Records (R.I.P.) eight-inch record that was limited to 20
copies, now out on Pettersen's very own Zang imprint. Seems
we've really created a winding legacy behind us on the experimental
music scene. Naturally, Spor... is a brief trip, with each of its
twelve tracks hovering around the oneminute
mark. Some of the
compositions mine the atmospheric, ambient end of matters -- like the
subterranean drone of "Spor 2" and the distant electric hum of "Spor
4" and "Spor 10" -- but the main
emphaiss is on more disjointed,
spasmodic, digitally-manipulated
sample craziness. This ranges
from the Pole-esque static crackle of "Spor 1" to the more hectic
sample-torture witnessed on "Spor 11" and "Spor 12," the latter producing
a manic junk ambiance like a bull in a
Toys "R" Us. I'm
not sure how this multi-segmented record was put together, as
"source material" is mentioned but hardly elaborated on, though
there seems to be a recurring percussive clatter of hard objects
colliding against other hard objects. I'll admit I had a bit of
trouble getting into this rather off-the-wall release, but once I
delved in I found it to be an intriguingly impulsive, cacophonous,
and enthusiastic recording.
