Le Bambole Di Velluto/Gamiani/Human Toil — Black Necro Cabaret
The release appeared October last year, and I’m reviewing the cassette version of the release, which is sadly sold out from the label- leaving just a download as an option. The black & white cover and the tapes labels feature ripped collage type photo artwork of female legs, tights, and women kissing women- so all in all theme fitting.
First up on side one we have a track from Le Bambole Di Velluto, which is one of the projects of Swiss Anto(Anonymous Masturbaudioum). The track here is entitled “Velvet Skin”, and it’s a great twenty-minute slice of fixed & taut wall-craft. The ‘wall’ brings together a constantly rolling & barren low-end droning billow and this is blended with a detailed & tight weave of pop, snapping, juddering static. The whole thing nicely encases you in coarse-yet-comforting blend of deep rolling drone, and crisp ‘n’ taut topping. It’s a great start to release.
Next, on side one we have the first track from Gamiani- this is one of the projects of Swedish based Johan Strömvall Hammarsted(Rien). This track is entitled “Lady Rose in Black Corset and fishnets”, and comes in at nearing the ten-minute mark. The ‘wall’ features an undercarriage of thick ‘n’ mud churn- this is wrapped with a selection of jittering, juddering, and snapping textures. The churn has a nice crude & murky feel to it; while the topping has some nice & cluttering sub-tone detail that really sucks you in.
Moving to side two, and we have the track from Human Toilet Vendors- this is one of the projects of Mexico based Miguel Pérez (Wehrmacht Lombardo). The track is entitled “Black Bob Wig”, and it comes in at the twenty-minute mark. The ‘wall’ blends together a tight weave of the following: slurred & bothersome bass rumble ‘n’ dwell, feast n’ snapping mids, and thinner jittering ‘n’ snapping textures. To start with the whole thing starts off fairly mid-paced, but as the time ticks by the bass tone seemingly gets more & more rapid, billowing, and pressing in its intent. All giving the whole track the feeling of walking into a winter storm, that’s gets slow more & more ranging, battering, and intense as the minute's tick by. At times some of the textures edges do start to merger & haze into each other, which adds a nice crude feel to the proceedings, though at times I did find this a little frustrating, as one mind tries to follow the flow of the textures. On the whole, it’s a satisfying enough ‘wall’, and it’s a bit more formally ‘wall’ like compared to some of the other work I’d heard from Mr. Pérez.
The release is topped off with the second Gamiani track, which is entitled “Mistress Rita Preparing For The Nekromantik Grand Finale”. This just under ten-minute track opens with around two minutes eerier mood & unsettlement, with a blend of creepy church organ simmer, seared recordings of spurting liquid, and strange chatter. Then the ‘wall’ starts to rise- this a meaty & nasty blend of slurred & deep bass hacks, jittering cable grain, and smaller/ thinner snapping & popping textures. In the last minutes the deeper bass element departs, and you are just left with a tight weave of the other textures…with the organ & seared liquid elements appearing again, as the track fades back. On the whole, it’s nicely pressing & compacting bit of taut HNW, and I really like the way the textures are tightly weaved together to create an impenetrable-yet- detail worth bit of extreme noise matter.
In summing up Black Necro Cabaret- I’d say it’s an enjoyable split, with three acts offering up effective & distinctive walls, which still manage to all play into the overriding theme of the release. If pushed I’d say my stand out moments here are the opening Le Bambole Di Velluto track- with its Moorish blend of droning & crispness. And the final Gamiani which nicely mixes eerier unsettlement with dense-yet-detailed texturing.