S. Glass - Benign Neglect
Sonic fragments carefully packed, a snowball with moisture level delicately low. Throwing disintegrates the ball before arriving at the target. Fragments again, collected and consumed, a little sugar from the apple juice helped keep things packed. Benign Neglect is filled with snowflakes, beautiful individual moments of sound, dark chocolate sweet. S. Glass has built three distorted snowmen, three selections all around twenty minutes in length. The middle selection " I Have A Prepared Statement" is the most subdued. A slow dial turn locking into the deep conscious. Haunting chants with brief middle eastern harmony. A sludge through centuries of civilization. The last track "The Exact Opposite Of Surveillance" is constrained mayhem. A collage of industrial and organic processes. These sounds take off and hover above, drawing attention and energy into the collective just beyond atmospheric detection. This leaves the first track, "Abandoned Information Kiosk", the lead in and most prominent with sampled voice. Difficult to explain the feelings bestowed while listening. Like a dream from war torn eastern Europe. Broken shouts and murky elements. Lost in the dense fluid of time and space. Monumental in style and approach.
Benign Neglect is for select listeners. These sounds are beyond the fringe, brought back and carefully laid out by S. Glass. Released on compact disc by Public Eyesore. Copies are currently available from the label.
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