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Brandal/Senneseth - A Walk in The Park [Twilight Luggage - 2009]

'A Walk In The Park’ offers up a nice unhinged,atmospheric & at times quite doomy & creepy improv mixture of electric & acoustic guitar elements, electronics, some noise textures & the odd splattering of doomed piano matter.  This release brings together highly respected & versatile noise/experimental artist Norwegian born Andreas Brandal(Flesh Coffin,Hour Of the Wolf, Drevne Bolesti, solo work, ect) &  fellow Norwegian guitarist Hans Kristian Senneseth( Lupus Golem, Nullpluss).

On offer here are four tracks that fall between six & nearly on ten minutes a piece, with the pair managing to summon quite a varied, often  highly atmospheric & creative selection tracks that are best classed a more musically & active improv. We go from the first track ‘Number One’  which mergers brooding, horrifying & discordant bass like guitar stops ‘n’ starts, subtle & sinister electronics and very slight touches of junk metal edginess- it all feels like an unwell & soured mix of  80’s indie goth rock discord, and nervous 70’s horror film soundtracking with a wee bit of discoloured funk thrown in. ‘Untitled Three’ is a jerking & bent web of sinister, clunking & low down piano hits, atmospheric electric guitar purrs ‘n’ drifts, piano case hits & other subtle improv noise textures, plus the odd hit  of seared electronics- all of which mangers to be atmospheric, jarring, very slightly unhinged & horror licked.  All four tracks here are worthwild,  creative & entertaining with the pair keep a very nice balance between jarring, off- centre, dramatic & often horror curdled.

A very enjoyable &  darkly tinged collection of  improv tracks with both parties being  both creative, jarring & atmospherically astute through-out.

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Roger Batty
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