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Kettle / Undecisive God "Digilogue" mini CD - The digital and the analogue combine in this cross country collaboration which took place completely via email, to create 2 compelling sound collages. - AU$7ppd (US$5ppd)
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Digilogue mini CD - This recording is a collaboration between Melbourne artist Clinton Green (Undecisive God) and Brisbane artist Andrew Kettle (Kettle). The title of the work refers to the fact that Andrew uses all digital equipment, while Clinton uses all analogue gear. Apparently these two artists have never met face to face, and that the recording is the result of email correspondence, an increasingly common manner of collaboration these days. The mini-CD contains only two tracks, with the artists swapping roles for each track.
In "The Mundane & the Stark", Andrew lays down a bed of digital noise, over which Clinton churns out reams of distorted feedbacking guitar, in a disjointed style that will be very familiar to those who have heard much of Undecisive God's other work. This lasts for approximately six minutes, which for me overstayed its welcome just a little - but then the guitar noise peters out and some very quiet piano is introduced, changing the mood of the piece drastically for the last minute and a half and making things far more interesting. On the other track, called "699", the roles are presumably reversed, with Clinton providing the bed for Andrew to work over. However, it's much more difficult for me to discern in this song which part constitutes the "bed". The piece lasts about ten minutes, and consists of long hypnotic drones created by god-knows-what, punctuated by odd blipping sounds. That may not sound too enticing, but it works really well as a mood piece, and probably also would work as an ambient track for a film, reminding me in parts of the atmospheres in David Lynch's "Eraserhead". - Alan Bindig, Vanishing Point, 3D Radio, Adelaide.
"The Mundane and the Stark" is quite so, digitally generated buzzing background to a harsh squall of feedbacking guitars, with a few samples thrown in for good measure. "6.99" is more tape-hiss orientated, with quiet cracklings and bass-throbbing dronings filtered throughout. The tape-hiss fades as subtle barely-music drones and moans, in a highly satisfying ultra-late-night-by-candlelight summoning of the spirits. Tape-hiss returns like a prodigal sound effect. This track could go on forever and I'd be happy. - Taped Crusaders #10