Lord Cernunnos / doublepeace / Hana Haru — Split

Here’s a three-way wall noise split, taking in three twenty-minute walls- each themed around each artist's favourite Vtubers.  All of the projects are from the USA, with  a fair variety between each of the tracks

This is a digital release put out by  Portland, Oregon’s Basement Corner Emissions. The split can be found here.  Also featured there are links to each of the Vtubers, the tracks are themed around. 

First out of the bag, we have track from Everett, Washington’s Lord Cernunnos, entitled  “Jorunna”. This is one of the more formal/straight-forward of the ‘walls’ featured here. It’s built around a rolling-if-at-points uneven, bass drone, which is surrounded by an aquatic-sounding rushing churn. The ‘wall’ rather gave me a subterranean drain-like vibe, though the churn feels decidedly refreshing & invigorating- like washing your face in cold/ yet soothing water. Together, the elements make for a simple, yet engagingly effective wall.

Next up is “Perfect Idol Eats Cabage”, this is from San Francisco’s Doublespace. The track opens with a blown-out/feedback-wrapped sample of someone talking about  Vtuber Tenma Maem. We then move into a dense, yet layered active ‘wall’ which brings together woozily rubbing mid-range purrs, static skating tones, muffled female voice tones, and the occasional more searing fan belt slipping highs. This track rewards replays, as you make out more details- some of which at quite eerie/unsettling

Finally, we have Portland’s Hana Haruna with “Rbbt”. This ‘wall’ brings together several mid to slightly higher whistling and baying wind tones- these are woven with extremely muffled/ can’t make out what they're saying female talking tones. There’s rather an air of mystery/ low-key unease about this ‘wall’, yet at the same time it’s so rapid & slicing in its attack, there is once again an invigorating quality to the whole thing. At points, it feels like the ‘wall’ is slowly warping/ deconstructing itself, though I believe this could well just be a trick of the ‘wall’.

All in all, this is a decent split- each track stands on its own, but together they make for a  rewarding/ engaging sixty-minute full-length.