re:mote voices

Title: VS
Artist: Cisfinitum
Label: Drone Records

Cisfinitum are part of the Moscow based post-industrial scene and here they present the 66th 7" in Drone records ongoing series of vinyl EPs. The VS EP features two tracks, both similarly named with one letter of difference - Curve and Curse. Curve is the a-side and starts quietly, clanks and dunts in space. This quickly gives way to dark rumbling, thumping undertones and someone waving wind chimes about wildly. Voices call out, lost in the cacophony of dark sound, spun about and falling. The piece shifts and loops, lightening up a degree as it heads into its bogged down final stretch. Becoming more abstract and wandering past there. From Curve we flip over for Curse, which clicks with a sound like train tracks, a ticking clock motion layering on top of that. So we have a more fractioned and particulate interface here. Voices echo and drift, filtered through the lead mechanisms. Bass wells up, bringing an erupting rumble, darkening and thickening the piece, rolling out in oil slicked waves. Crackling and smashing sounds provide percussion as the piece gains an intensity. Buzzing, building, teeth grinding squalor.

Each release from Drone records is a unique item. Even in the switch from the first run of 300 copies to the second of 250 copies there is usually a change in format. Over the years we have seen sleeves made from metal or from brown paper bags, in the case of VS we have something particularly memorable for the first edition, a black and grey striped handmade woollen cover. The colouration of the vinyl reflects this design, with a core colour of black, with grey stripes radiating from the centre of the disc.