this is the voice of re:mote induction.Friday, January 23, 2004
Chalice - Orphx
Chalice is a 10" record, part of a tourism series on Aufwabgen, an exploration of Elgaland and Vargaland. The first track is the title piece, Chalice, which crackles and pops it's way into existence, undercurrents of bass rumble up into the mix, along with distant notes. A particulate soundscape coalescing with the addition of slow pad and hit percussion. Something vaguely dubby suggested by the formulation then defined by the quick stabs that create a sequence rhythm. Chalice remains alive, filled with the motions of details, twangs and chimes.
Side 2 starts with the repeating, rapid tick, strokes of Vibration One. A charged metronomic motion, joined by the low pulse of bass notes and a more filtered shadow. Building into a definite orphxian rhythm, thick with an edge of distortion. Flowing into that hypnotic tunnel effect. Wreck Up is a more experimental interface - two threads weaving, one filtered and strained sound signals, with bursts of periodic flooding, contrasted by muffled clutter of drums and the odd vocal or bass line, as though some detuned dub track on the radio. The final track, 67:03, is a slow build, a wave of pronounced detail, followed by dips. Squelching seesaw patterns, that create a certain splashing impression - a wet rhythm.
As a release Chalice perhaps is more pop orientated than some of Orphx's recent work. Though with that the components and composition are still generated from the field recordings and experimentation those works have been built from.
Chalice is a 10" record, part of a tourism series on Aufwabgen, an exploration of Elgaland and Vargaland. The first track is the title piece, Chalice, which crackles and pops it's way into existence, undercurrents of bass rumble up into the mix, along with distant notes. A particulate soundscape coalescing with the addition of slow pad and hit percussion. Something vaguely dubby suggested by the formulation then defined by the quick stabs that create a sequence rhythm. Chalice remains alive, filled with the motions of details, twangs and chimes.
Side 2 starts with the repeating, rapid tick, strokes of Vibration One. A charged metronomic motion, joined by the low pulse of bass notes and a more filtered shadow. Building into a definite orphxian rhythm, thick with an edge of distortion. Flowing into that hypnotic tunnel effect. Wreck Up is a more experimental interface - two threads weaving, one filtered and strained sound signals, with bursts of periodic flooding, contrasted by muffled clutter of drums and the odd vocal or bass line, as though some detuned dub track on the radio. The final track, 67:03, is a slow build, a wave of pronounced detail, followed by dips. Squelching seesaw patterns, that create a certain splashing impression - a wet rhythm.
As a release Chalice perhaps is more pop orientated than some of Orphx's recent work. Though with that the components and composition are still generated from the field recordings and experimentation those works have been built from.
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