THE RITA - The Alceste (White Centipede Noise, CD)
A new chapter in THE RITA's singular trajectory - an artist who, despite his widespread appreciation, continues to be alone on the forefront of radical and challenging exploration of harsh sound. "The Alceste" is a return to a more layered technique, but still continuing to pursue the minimal, almost percussive sparse crackle of the recent “KING RICHARD III” process recordings - but now in rapid-fire clusters, conjuring McKinlay's muse the 2-Stroke Engine more vividly than ever. Source recordings of stage makeup application and nylon ripping / repairing performed by Lorelei serve as the pure abstracted femme aesthetics behind the sound. Additional violin source sounds are provided by Mallory Linehan, adding classical ballet movement and reference, as well as overdriven intermittent sounds from a recorded riding crop.
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ROCKER #5 (No Rent)
ROCKER is a new bimonthly digest printed and published in the great city of Philadelphia, PA, USA. It focuses on harsh noise, ambient, musique concrète, electroacoustic, drone, tape music, wall noise, experimental, unclassifiable, concept works, computer music, field recording, indeterminate electronic, narrative, ecological, text-based, religious, song, acoustic ensemble, power electronics, and sound design.
In this issue:
• Interview with The Rita• Faster Details: a portrait of Alex Chesney by Renée Mendoza Haran
• Interview with Agonal Breathing
• Red Light District: The early days of NY's noise collective by Bryan Gilroy of Viodre
• Interview with Xiu Xiu
• 9 pages of reviews
Printed in full color on #80 gloss paper. 76 pages, all content.
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