"Part of this release was recorded in moscow in February 2022, a few days prior to full-scale russian invasion in Ukraine. Since then we had no other idea than this will be an anti-war record. There’s no doubt that russia is the only one to blame in this catastrophe. War was declared under the slogans of “denazification of Ukraine”, but in fact it’s the nazification of russia itself — the final stage of a years-long process. And we think that the only thing that can end this war is the defeat of the aggressor country. Stop russia!" (P/O Massacre)
P/O MASSACRE + ALEX BUESS & MERZBOW - Aural Corrosion (Rust/Green Marble vinyl 45rpm 2LP + CD) (2023)
When a record declares itself as anti-war music there are still lots of directions it could go. Yet with the name of Japanese Noise originator Merzbow on the cover you can immediately rule out that it will be love music or naive Eurovision strumming guitar ballads. No, this is the sound of war, extreme music which channels the anger at and disappointment in humanity by mirroring its worst tradition. It's the sonic war we need instead of the real ones.
Of course you can also come to that conclusion if you already know P/O Massacre and their great debut album "Massacre" from two years ago. The Russian duo (currently residing in Swiss and Armenian exile; subject to change) consists of Anton Ponomarev (who among many other projects is also a member of Teufelskeller and has performed with Pussy Riot) on electronics, trumpet and saxophone, and Noise Rock guitarist Anton Obrazeena.
For this album they recorded almost eighty minutes of "Aural Corrosion", spread over two LPs - each one containing only one two-sided track - plus the whole album on CD with a half-hour bonus track.
Side A+B aka the first piece "Chanting the Resonances of Atrocity" features Swiss electro-acoustic experimental / improvisational musician / composer Alex Buess and sounds like a blending of JK Flesh breakbeats and Techno, guitar drones and Free Jazz. It's the manifold Noise of propaganda, the forces of cognitive dissonance, Gleischaltung and Mobilmachung at work. Chaotic, confusing, but also devilishly tempting.
The next 20+ minutes belong to the collaboration with Merzbow and are simply called "Anti-War Music". The war rages now! Menacing murder machines, the constant rumble of helicopters, rockets, tanks and machine guns. Violent mayhem, dislocation, Death. The disturbing centerpiece of this album knows no mercy and it feels as if even if it wanted to spare you it couldn't, because the mission of this war report is too urgent, the reality too dire to shy away from.
On the CD bonus "Nonslaught" we have passed the threshold of the initial invasion. War is there and eats itself through everything. Lingering in silences between the storms, exploding in deadly alerts, seeping trauma through the soul of a generation. Creeping, droning, always unsettling. There can be no true calm until there is peace.
As always on WV Sorcerer Productions the sound, pressing, presentation of "Aural Corrosion" leave little - if even anything - to be desired. The entirety of this release is a labour of love, a compelling piece of art. You shouldn't need it to be convinced of its anti-war cause, but you must respect it for how dedicated it processes the subject.
As the artist themselves say: No words or sounds can stop military aggression and genocide. But at least parts of this album's sales are being donated to a children's hospital in Kyiv.
FCK PTN.
Of course you can also come to that conclusion if you already know P/O Massacre and their great debut album "Massacre" from two years ago. The Russian duo (currently residing in Swiss and Armenian exile; subject to change) consists of Anton Ponomarev (who among many other projects is also a member of Teufelskeller and has performed with Pussy Riot) on electronics, trumpet and saxophone, and Noise Rock guitarist Anton Obrazeena.
For this album they recorded almost eighty minutes of "Aural Corrosion", spread over two LPs - each one containing only one two-sided track - plus the whole album on CD with a half-hour bonus track.
Side A+B aka the first piece "Chanting the Resonances of Atrocity" features Swiss electro-acoustic experimental / improvisational musician / composer Alex Buess and sounds like a blending of JK Flesh breakbeats and Techno, guitar drones and Free Jazz. It's the manifold Noise of propaganda, the forces of cognitive dissonance, Gleischaltung and Mobilmachung at work. Chaotic, confusing, but also devilishly tempting.
The next 20+ minutes belong to the collaboration with Merzbow and are simply called "Anti-War Music". The war rages now! Menacing murder machines, the constant rumble of helicopters, rockets, tanks and machine guns. Violent mayhem, dislocation, Death. The disturbing centerpiece of this album knows no mercy and it feels as if even if it wanted to spare you it couldn't, because the mission of this war report is too urgent, the reality too dire to shy away from.
On the CD bonus "Nonslaught" we have passed the threshold of the initial invasion. War is there and eats itself through everything. Lingering in silences between the storms, exploding in deadly alerts, seeping trauma through the soul of a generation. Creeping, droning, always unsettling. There can be no true calm until there is peace.
As always on WV Sorcerer Productions the sound, pressing, presentation of "Aural Corrosion" leave little - if even anything - to be desired. The entirety of this release is a labour of love, a compelling piece of art. You shouldn't need it to be convinced of its anti-war cause, but you must respect it for how dedicated it processes the subject.
As the artist themselves say: No words or sounds can stop military aggression and genocide. But at least parts of this album's sales are being donated to a children's hospital in Kyiv.
FCK PTN.
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