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

Chier/Placenta Liposuction - #22 Palestra [Harsh Noise London - 2019]

Appearing in October of last year here we have a C90 split bringing together two particularly brutal & sludgy examples of the walled noise form- we have prolific & at times creative French project Chier, and Croatian based Placenta Liposuction- each severs up a single side-long track, and each is as nasty & sonically claggy as each other.

The tape appeared on the Uk noise label Harsh Noise London- in an edition of thirty copies. The tape is presented in a monochrome cover that features a tight block of shapes- and apparently, each covers is slightly different. The release is recorded on a recycled cassette. Sadly these are now all sold out at source, which is a really pity as I must say I rather enjoyed this no-nonsense, crude, and nasty split…

Both side's tracks are untitled, and both take in the full length of each side of tape. So first up on side A we have Chier’s ‘wall’- here we find an extremely muddy, blunt, and muffled example of the HNW form. It’s a rapid, persistent, and largely very fixed blend of sloppy hacking & chopping low end, spluttering mids, and some thinner 'n' snaking jittering static grain that appears ever so often. From the offset the track submersions you in its weighty, grim, and heavy attack- and it stays fixedly battering through-out.  It’s certainly the one of the nastiest, thicker, and lo-fi things I’ve heard from this project in some time, and the length makes makes it even more so.


Flipping over to the second side, and we, of course, have the Placenta Liposuction track. Once again this is a very grim, unrelenting & unforgiving example of ‘walled-noise’. The ‘wall’ is built around a constantly descending low-end rumble & thick splutter- this is edged by a buzzing roll & smaller/ thinner static juddering. This ‘wall’ doesn't feel quite as thick & tarry as the first side, but it’s still damn brutal in its persistence. There are some very slight play/ variation in the mesh of textures here, and that from time-to-time, you feel the whole thing may break down, but it never does - remaining a fixed & brutal sonic battering.


If you enjoy sludgy, lo-fi & brutal old school HWN you really have to do your self a favor, and see if you can track down a copy of this split for your self. All in all a great no-thrills example of weighty & brutal wall noise !.

Rating: 4 out of 5Rating: 4 out of 5Rating: 4 out of 5Rating: 4 out of 5Rating: 4 out of 5

Roger Batty
Latest Reviews

Chier/Placenta Liposuction - #22 ...
Appearing in October of last year here we have a C90 split bringing together two particularly brutal & sludgy examples of the walled noise form- we have ...
190424   Zachary James Watkins - Affir...
180424   Ulvtharm - 7 Uthras
180424   The Bad Shepherd - The Bad Sh...
180424   Impulse - Impulse( Blu Ray)
170424   Jan Jelinek - Social Engine...
170424   Carlos “Zíngaro”, Guilherme R...
160424   The Borderlands - The Borderl...
160424   Rien - The New Source Recording
160424   Worship - Thoughts
150424   Lion-Girl - Lion-Girl(Blu Ray)
Latest Articles

The Music of Clay Ruby & Burial H...
Over the last couple of decades Wisconsin native, Clay Ruby has been creating some of the world’s finest dark electronic music under the Burial Hex mon...
280324   The Music of Clay Ruby & Buri...
290224   Sutcliffe No More - Normal Ev...
100124   Occlusion - The Operation Is...
181223   Best Of 2023 - Music, Sound &...
051223   Powerhouse Films - Of Magic, ...
181023   IO - Of Sound, Of Art, Of Exp...
210923   Lucky Cerruti - Of Not so Fri...
290823   The Residents - The Trouble W...
110723   Yotzeret Sheydim Interview - ...
250523   TenHornedBeast - Into The Dee...
Go Up
(c) Musique Machine 2001 -2023. Twenty two years of true independence!! Mail Us at questions=at=musiquemachine=dot=comBottom