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BILL WOOD/FREDRIK NESS SEVENDAL - SONG OF DEGREES (LP by Humbug)
Two guys I never heard of, but apperentely Bill Wood is also from the 1/3 Octave Band, who have a couple of CDRs and a 7" out and Fredrik Ness Sevendal plays in Slowburn and sometimes in Del and Kobi, besides running Apartment Records. The record that these guys made was recorded through mail, by sending eachother taped sounds, and that could be specified as guitar sounds. In each of the five pieces on this record the guitar (or better: a whole bunch of guitars), play a main role. Unlike bands like Main, the guitar here is foremost used in a drone lo-fi manner, forming hissy thick fields of drones. One track, 'Difference Engine', has a more percussive feel to it, and it sounded like an old zoviet*france track, which was kinda nice, for the fact that it made a distinct break in the record. Overall this is a very nice record, especially for those who love the New Zealand sound of labels like Corpus Hermeticum or Metonymic, and yes, I am one those. (FdW)