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Klarc Qent
"Erroneous Data (plus)" CDR
Self-Released
Genres: tape collage, plunderphonics, cut and paste
Aug 27 - Sep 2 2002 |
Seeing
as I love Negativland, People Like Us, and just about
every one of the cut-up artists on the scene, I was treated to quite a
pleasant surprise upon putting Klarc Qent's new CDR in my
stereo. While Qent is by no means as political as Negativland,
his silly, recycled sounds are a direct throwback to People Like Us's
early Lassie House record. It's quite amazing how smoothly he
can mix up speech samples that are completely unrelated to each other
in order to make long, bizarre, yet semi-sensical sentences. It's very
similar to the music of The Bran Flakes (who he actually
samples in one of the tracks), except with less melodies and beats
holding the sounds together. But fear not, as the lack of Bran
Flake-esque hummability doesn't affect your enjoyment, it just
lends more attention to the words themselves.
While Qent may be too immature and silly for some people
(dig that whole track dedicated to the word "fuck"), those
who are used to the antics of the rest of the plunderphonic artists on
the scene will find this to be a complete riot. Among the cacophony
are recorded phone personal ads, old obscure film tidbits, and even a
bit of Mouse On Mars. And with Qent's affinity for
cutting and pasting, you can be sure that even a stuttering,
sexually-charged British man can be spliced with both a nurse's
personal ad and the sadomasochistic chatter of a dominatrix. And
you're going to laugh, my friend, you're going to laugh.
Fans of People Like Us, Wobbly, and The Evolution
Control Committee, make haste! There's a new Stockhausen
worshipper in town and he goes by the name of Klarc Qent!
Note: Qent likes to trade material with other similar
cut-and-pasters; click here
to sample his work and arrange a trade.
85%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
25 tracks, distributed by the
band, released 2002] |
