Want a good laugh? If you search for "conan tig notaro chair" on YouTube you should find a video of a hilariously stupid, brave and brilliant piece of prop comedy. Spoiler: Tig moves a stool around on the floor for an excruciatingly long time, while it makes noises like a snuffed Chewbacca.
So now that we know what's possible: What kind of sounds await us when the infamous Dead Neanderthals team up with Aidan Baker (Nadja, Hypnodrone Ensemble) to push their respective chairs and release an album on the Dutch label Moving Furniture Records? A bantha? A school of purrgill? Or just an abandoned baby ewok? It's got to be at least a crashing Millenium Falcon, right?
AIDAN BAKER & DEAD NEANDERTHALS - Cast Down and Hunted (LP) (2024)
"Subterfuge", first of the two twenty+ minutes long tracks an "Cast Down and Hunted" would indeed suit a sci-fi score, but one far away from the space opera tone of Star Wars.
The swelling layered drone and the painfully minimal, slow yet heavy drums of this track rather beget an eery, distressing mood, which would work perfectly in scenes of dark suspense and phantasmagoric horror - like that super creepy surreal one - come on, you know which! - in "Under The Skin".
This is pure howling gloom become sound. Its rhythm barely qualifies as such and it doesn't require any perceivable melody. No, Aidan Baker and Otto Kokke just weave this thick wave, which is hard to even ascribe to specific instruments. As so often on recent Dead Neanderthals releases we hear synthesizers on their side, but regarding Baker's part I would have probably taken the easy guess of guitar, if there were no credits. And those credits claim that in truth he plays what Kokke predominantly did back in the day: saxophone. Ok. But don't expect Kenny G. here! This is a beautifully uneasy listening experience.
In theory the B-side "Paranoia" should pretty much be more of the same, but it actually feels much more action-packed, mainly because René Aquarius' steady primitive pulse is a lot faster here. It's as minimalist as possible, yet it definitely is a beat at least.
The rest still is just blaring Ambient? Drone? Noise? Call it what you will, it is a big haunting wall of something. This track however features sharper textures, a greater richness and more movements in the sound. It even displays dramatic fanfare-like qualities, both from the keys and the sax, which is a lot easier to identify here, too.
Could be a chase from a dread in a labyrinth of spacecraft corridors. Or just a collapsing mind crumbling from within. One thing is for sure: both Aidan Baker and the Neanderthals show their most sinister side on this collaboration. The result is as restricted in form as you would expect, but cinematically wide and gloriously harrowing.
Want a good laugh? This might be the wrong choice. At least if nervous hysteria isn't your way of coping with this kind of psychological horror. Personally I just appreciate it in contened silence - and maybe also write a review about it.
"Cast Down and Hunted" will be released one week from now on September 13th.
The album comes digitally or in limited capacity on classic black vinyl in a simple but fitting layout and a nice cover artwork, which feels like a companion piece to the Vampiristic "Ordo Dracul Demo".
The swelling layered drone and the painfully minimal, slow yet heavy drums of this track rather beget an eery, distressing mood, which would work perfectly in scenes of dark suspense and phantasmagoric horror - like that super creepy surreal one - come on, you know which! - in "Under The Skin".
This is pure howling gloom become sound. Its rhythm barely qualifies as such and it doesn't require any perceivable melody. No, Aidan Baker and Otto Kokke just weave this thick wave, which is hard to even ascribe to specific instruments. As so often on recent Dead Neanderthals releases we hear synthesizers on their side, but regarding Baker's part I would have probably taken the easy guess of guitar, if there were no credits. And those credits claim that in truth he plays what Kokke predominantly did back in the day: saxophone. Ok. But don't expect Kenny G. here! This is a beautifully uneasy listening experience.
In theory the B-side "Paranoia" should pretty much be more of the same, but it actually feels much more action-packed, mainly because René Aquarius' steady primitive pulse is a lot faster here. It's as minimalist as possible, yet it definitely is a beat at least.
The rest still is just blaring Ambient? Drone? Noise? Call it what you will, it is a big haunting wall of something. This track however features sharper textures, a greater richness and more movements in the sound. It even displays dramatic fanfare-like qualities, both from the keys and the sax, which is a lot easier to identify here, too.
Could be a chase from a dread in a labyrinth of spacecraft corridors. Or just a collapsing mind crumbling from within. One thing is for sure: both Aidan Baker and the Neanderthals show their most sinister side on this collaboration. The result is as restricted in form as you would expect, but cinematically wide and gloriously harrowing.
Want a good laugh? This might be the wrong choice. At least if nervous hysteria isn't your way of coping with this kind of psychological horror. Personally I just appreciate it in contened silence - and maybe also write a review about it.
"Cast Down and Hunted" will be released one week from now on September 13th.
The album comes digitally or in limited capacity on classic black vinyl in a simple but fitting layout and a nice cover artwork, which feels like a companion piece to the Vampiristic "Ordo Dracul Demo".
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