Man's Last Great Invention
"None" CDR
Eh?
Genre: drone, experimental
Aug 6 2008 |
None is the first release from Nebraska's Man's Last
Great Invention, a curious drone band whose music reminds me of
Cul De Sac's more experimental offerings. Issued by Public Eyesore
sub-project Eh?, this is slow-building, bass-heavy stuff that sounds
almost cinematic in nature. Man's Last Great Invention makes
heavy use of echoing chanted vocals, which lends the disc an Eastern
feel, as well as a distinct melodic tone. The majority of the album
utilizes an ambient formula that is somewhat reminiscent of
Biosphere material; sparse layers of sound come together to form
miraculously organized compositions. The strangely hopeful first half
of the album climaxes in a haze of distant chanting on the third
track; this makes way for a much darker second half which could best
be termed "unsettling." Particularly disturbing is the monstrous final
track; it sounds like a swarm of ghosts trying to force their way out
of a metal holding cell. Although very different in spirit from the
rest of the album, what it lacks in droney sonority, it makes up for
in disorienting unpredictability.
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[Vitals: 6 tracks, distributed by
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