Cassette in special packaging · (Lake Shark Harsh Noise) Lake Shark Harsh Noise presents the pro-duplicated and imprinted tape edition of Iona Hall's noise project CRACK BYTCH. Brilliant chapters of abrasive sound that cover a large landscape of technique and acute attention to detail. Concentrated volume shifts that violently bring witness to each different line of developed sound still manage to relay a very personal feel to the recordings as Hall negotiates the various qualities of different sub-genres and how they affect each other when they're chained together. When I was asked to give an example of '90s harsh noise / power electronics which can be compared to the work, stylistically the TAINT cassette Savage Weapons even comes to mind. Like this example of chaptered '90s HN / PE, Hall also seamlessly constructs and deconstructs the rough audio segments, but with the varying textures, faraway storms, vocals and liberal use of tangible AM radio lines to build CRACK BYTCH's own brand of harsh noise storytelling. | |