crY - Glass (OOH-sounds)

 

Title: crY

Artist: Glass

Label: OOH-sounds

Cat Number: OOH-021

Genre: Deconstructed Hardcore

 

1: My Broken Nails

2: crY

3: Foreign Body [D Version]

4: Fragmented Memories

5: Appointment Scheduling

6: multi-functional prosthetic hand [L Version]

 

Apart from having the year’s best track title in ‘multi-functional prosthetic hand’, and being intrigued by the fact that this release is accompanied by a “digitally printed large square scarf . . .” I’m wondering how to start. Sound is the focus of course, but how does that make it different to any other release? The accompanying press is full reference points, relevant or not. Ultimately there’s a strong feeling of both dislocation and fleeting familiarity while listening to the different compositions here. Listening from start to finish immerses one in a glistening, panoramic distillation of nuance, reaching an apotheosis of sorts in the aforementioned final piece, which attempts to weld together the sum total of its random electronic influences, including arcade gaming and hardcore, in one fell swoop. Prior to that we have ambient interludes in the shape of ‘My Broken Nails’ and ‘Foreign Body [D Version]’ which offer a taste of what is to come. ‘Appointment Scheduling’ in spite of its skittish tempo feels like an effort at coalescence, perhaps dropping a hint that the sonic journey undergone is one which likely involves dissipation before regeneration.