Top Bar
Musique Machine Logo Home ButtonReviews ButtonArticles ButtonBand Specials ButtonAbout Us Button
SearchGo Down
Search for  
With search mode in section(s)
And sort the results by
show articles written by  
 Review archive:  # a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Small Hours - Shadows [Sweet Solitude - 2011]

“Shadows” presents the listener with a subtly shifting & varying slice of very quiet & ambient HNW. The just over half an hour piece is split into eight index points, but really this is one long flowing, oddly melancholic and soothing slice of ambient walled noise or very quiet textured noise.

The Cdr comes in a simple yet effect fabric sleeve that has inside it a plan cd sleeve, and a single piece of white paper with just a few lines of text in the bottom right hand connor. 

Moving onto the sonics inside, and basically again these are fairly simple & stripped, but very effective. The ‘wall’s are recorded at a very low level- so first off you have to turn up the volume to high, so you'll be able to make out what’s going on here. The primary texture through-out the first four tracks is a very subtle cold yet grimly soothing descending crackle, which I guess you could compare to either cold & distant winter rain fall or the slow just about surviving crackle of a fire. Over this crackle there is added either very subtle new textural points, slight textural morphs or it’s just left to drift along it’s own persistent yet bleak way.  Tracks five onwards either take in very quite & thin drones, near complete silence, or strange distant buzzing or hums which one could take as either insect or machine based sounds.

So “Shadows” is another very subtle & subdued slice of ambient walled noise from this UK based project. This release requires patience, good hearing & concentration….if you have all three of these qualities then you’ll find this a rather bleakly appealing &  coldly rewarding release.

Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5

Roger Batty
Latest Reviews

Small Hours - Shadows
“Shadows” presents the listener with a subtly shifting & varying slice of very quiet & ambient HNW. The just over half an hour piece is spli...
241225   Wrathchild America - Climbin'...
241225   Rushab Nandha - Tear
241225   Hitcher-Hiker - Hitcher-Hiker...
231225   Devil Fetus - Devil Fetus (B...
221225   Zoltán Huszárik-1963- 1979 ...
201225   Re-Animator - Re-Animator( Bl...
191225   Venus DIE-trap - Venus DIE-tr...
191225   Coyotes - Coyotes(VOD/ Blu Ray)
181225   Various Artists - Santa Is Ro...
181225   Death Ride - Death Ride( DVD)
Latest Articles

Creepy Images Books - Killer Art
Of all the cult/exploitation genres, Giallo stands as one of the more visually & art-based- be it with the grand/ dramatic location, choreographed murder...
231225   Creepy Images Books - Killer Art
221225   Best Of 2025 - Music, Sound &...
041225   The Spectral Sounds of The Pr...
281025   Michael Hurst Interview - Unb...
071025   Xiphos - The Rise And Fall Of...
030925   Third Window Films - A Label ...
130825   HNW fest- Barcelona- 12th Apr...
250725   Raté interview - Walled-in F...
180625   Matthew Holmes - Of razor-sha...
280525   The Residents - Visits From T...
Go Up
(c) Musique Machine 2001 -2025. Twenty four years of true independence!! Mail Us at questions=at=musiquemachine=dot=comBottom