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. Roger Batty
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