re:mote voices

naw - the resound of a foggy autumn dawn

"the resound of a foggy autumn dawn" is an 8 track CD release on noise factory records, with a running time of about 40 minutes. in comparison to other artists on noise factory that i am familiar with - k.c. accidental, sparrow orange, and beef terminal - this release by naw comes across as something of a departure for the label. those other bands could probably be summed up by the idea of "post-rock", all coming from the slow guitar background. in theory mood wise naw is playing with the same kind of emotion to some degree, just as down beat and understated as other releases on the label. in rough terms though, naw's background could be described as techno with an element of dub perhaps. more accurately naw present a form of minimal techno, all very mellow and stripped down, beats playing along against pulsing bass lines. the result is that this album is reasonably pleasant sounding. the problem with that i suspect, after a couple of listens is that, while it is easily left on in the background, there is nothing on this album which really excites.