Bardoseneticcube & Igor V. Petrov - The Perpetuum Mobile Space Vehicle
Blood Ties
xdementia | July 06, 2007
The Perpetuum Mobile Space Vehicle is a bizarre mixture of electronica-influenced rhythms and spaced out jazz with a heavy dose of musique conrete and experimental sounds pervading the persistent rhythms. Even after repeated listens it still leaves me just as puzzled as I am when looking at the outer artwork trying to make sense of it all. I mean this in a good way of course because the release is so drenched with layers and details galore that repeated listens just sink me deeper into it's desirable embrace.
The opener “Songong” is my least favorite track because it's different elements don't really mesh to well, starting with a kind of up-beat piano line accompanied by drill sounds and ending with a sparse, cheap sounding drum beat which just doesn't do much for me. Thankfully the sounds that follow are more consistent and a bit deeper in terms of feeling and consistency.
On my first few initial listens I had a difficult time looking past the jazzy electronica elements but after exposing myself to the unique atmosphere for an extended period of time, it actually started to morph into much more of an industrial sound, as I let go, and stopped focusing on the details and let the larger structure pull me in. The last three excellent tracks present this side a bit more with “Brownend” featuring long lulls filled with beautiful drones, noisy interludes and the ever-pervading meandering saxophone which is subtle enough to work.
Everything comes together the most effectively in “One” a glassy drone with swashes of white noise, disembodies chants and samples, and heavier industrial sounds on the fringes. This is one of those occurrences where I find the album artwork to work quite well with the sounds which is funny given how perplexed I was with it at first. But now it all becomes so clear the strange, pseudo-natural space vehicle surrounded by the decaying organic matter of this deep dank forest definitely portrays the amalgamation of the blended assault of (what I assume is) Igor Petrov's heavily sampled concrete sounds and Bardoseneticcube's spacey sax and beat driven electronica.
This is a unique outing with a very crisp and clear sound that lies somewhere in between jazz, electronica and experimental. Taking a gander I'd say that influences might include Contagious Orgasm, Jaga Jazzist, and Autechre and I can say with confidence that “The Perpetuum Mobile Space Vehicle”is most definitely worth venturing beyond the realms of noise to explore.The Perpetuum Mobile Space Vehicle is a bizarre mixture of electronica-influenced rhythms and spaced out jazz with a heavy dose of musique conrete and experimental sounds pervading the persistent rhythms. Even after repeated listens it still leaves me just as puzzled as I am when looking at the outer artwork trying to make sense of it all. I mean this in a good way of course because the release is so drenched with layers and details galore that repeated listens just sink me deeper into it's desirable embrace.
The opener “Songong” is my least favorite track because it's different elements don't really mesh to well, starting with a kind of up-beat piano line accompanied by drill sounds and ending with a sparse, cheap sounding drum beat which just doesn't do much for me. Thankfully the sounds that follow are more consistent and a bit deeper in terms of feeling and consistency.
On my first few initial listens I had a difficult time looking past the jazzy electronica elements but after exposing myself to the unique atmosphere for an extended period of time, it actually started to morph into much more of an industrial sound, as I let go, and stopped focusing on the details and let the larger structure pull me in. The last three excellent tracks present this side a bit more with “Brownend” featuring long lulls filled with beautiful drones, noisy interludes and the ever-pervading meandering saxophone which is subtle enough to work.
Everything comes together the most effectively in “One” a glassy drone with swashes of white noise, disembodies chants and samples, and heavier industrial sounds on the fringes. This is one of those occurrences where I find the album artwork to work quite well with the sounds which is funny given how perplexed I was with it at first. But now it all becomes so clear the strange, pseudo-natural space vehicle surrounded by the decaying organic matter of this deep dank forest definitely portrays the amalgamation of the blended assault of (what I assume is) Igor Petrov's heavily sampled concrete sounds and Bardoseneticcube's spacey sax and beat driven electronica.
This is a unique outing with a very crisp and clear sound that lies somewhere in between jazz, electronica and experimental. Taking a gander I'd say that influences might include Contagious Orgasm, Jaga Jazzist, and Autechre and I can say with confidence that “The Perpetuum Mobile Space Vehicle”is most definitely worth venturing beyond the realms of noise to explore.
