re:mote voices

Children Of Asmodeus/The Infant Cycle - Children of Asmodeus and The Infant Cycle offer a couple of tracks each on this split 10" from the Italian Moloko + label. The first piece by Children of Asmodeus is a rough, gristled noise, mixed with snapping and pounding beats. There are period of manic mechanisms, with filtered gun shot beats, becoming an over driven whir. The whole is actually pretty controlled, with the expression of patterns and developing sequences, and a clear bass line woven in slow note work. The second track is more reminiscent of parent project Delphium, with the elements of drum and bass that mix with the squall of signal pulse and grind. The elements overlaying into a mish-mash of chaotic influences. On the other side the Infant cycle starts with stutters of abrasive strokes in a loop. While a low drone note builds in the background. The scrape has a certain rhythmic texture, and for the most part is deeply repetitive. While the drone is more varied than the beats, mixing with melodic elements as the piece goes on. The second piece works in an echoing tunnel of sound, emphasising the presence of removed sounds, creating on the whole a swirling atmosphere.