SPEKTR
Diverse might be a good definition to start us off. Bits of jazz, black riffs, dissonant and jarring processed sounds, the echoing atmospherics of cold and damp chambers, all slammed together into jagged, harsh-edged structures. And with the absence of a vocalist, Spektr open their music up to the wider spectrum of the avant-garde and so indulge themselves by exploring sounds, textures, and emotions and creating much in the way of cacophonous sheets of sound. As such, Spektr’s sound remains as it has for their previous works, all their own.
There’s no one track that stands out but that’s because neither the tracks nor the album have no real structure in the same sense as an album of songs or even a concept album would. This works more like a series of movements, the textured dynamics across the album as well as Spektr’s use of samples revealing a multi-layered work that is both machine-like and organic. As intense as it is hypnotic, there’s a distinct sense of déjà vu inherent in the album as some elements are repeated across the album and so, when juxtaposed with different parts, become something very different to what they were, their meaning constantly shifting and the album persistently refusing to be pinned down. Disconcerting, disorienting and dark, deciphering this monstrosity is a disquieting pleasure.
There’s no one track that stands out but that’s because neither the tracks nor the album have no real structure in the same sense as an album of songs or even a concept album would. This works more like a series of movements, the textured dynamics across the album as well as Spektr’s use of samples revealing a multi-layered work that is both machine-like and organic. As intense as it is hypnotic, there’s a distinct sense of déjà vu inherent in the album as some elements are repeated across the album and so, when juxtaposed with different parts, become something very different to what they were, their meaning constantly shifting and the album persistently refusing to be pinned down. Disconcerting, disorienting and dark, deciphering this monstrosity is a disquieting pleasure.
LABEL:
FORMAT:
Agonia Records
Album
CYPHER
Review by Jason Guest
RUNNING TIME:
45:51
RELEASE DATE:
5th Feb 2013
TRACK LISTING
1) Hermetism
2) Teratology
3) The Singularity
4) Solitude
5) Antimatter
6) Solve et Coagula
7) Cypher
8) Decorporation
9) Le Vitriol du Philosophe
2) Teratology
3) The Singularity
4) Solitude
5) Antimatter
6) Solve et Coagula
7) Cypher
8) Decorporation
9) Le Vitriol du Philosophe
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
France
"Disconcerting, disorienting and dark, deciphering this monstrosity is a disquieting pleasure."
