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

Luer - Constant [Oxidation - 2022]

Luer is one of the projects of Montana-based noise maker Matt Taggart (40 Watt Womb, PCRV Quartet, Pop Culture Rape Victim). Constant is its third release, and takes in two twenty-minute plus tracks that sit somewhere between moody noise scaping, and hovering droning synth scaping. All making for a release that is both rewarding active/ shifting, but equally atmospheric.

The album appears on Illinois Oxidation- coming as either a pro-CDR, or recycled tape release. Both versions feature a crude cut-up face & body collage artwork, which fits nicely the sounds within. The album- in either version- can be purchased here.

So first up we have “Constant One” which comes in at nearly twenty-six minutes. It opens with a blend of coolly hovering Sci-fi drone layers, and subtly buzzing ‘n’ fiddling tones. As we move on we shift through purring electro glitches & technology junk manipulation. Onto thick hazes of pressing synth hover, which is edged with siren wave drift, atmospheric textural slice, glitching ebbs and intergalactic whooshing ‘n’ phaser swipes.

Next up we have “Constant Two” which comes in at the shorter just over the nineteen-minute mark. It opens with a mix of brooding drone hover, busy electro-texturing sweep, and hints of chopped-up piano muzak.   As we move on we drifted into mixes of junk clang looping, buzzing synth purr, and static gradient fork ‘n’ fiddle. And drives into high-pitch sour ‘n’ shift meets textural busyness.

Constant severs up two decidedly shifting & varied noise-making, which are often underfed by atmospheric synth scaping. Meaning, that there is a lot more depth and repayable quality to the whole thing than many a common garden noise release- all proving that Mr Taggart is indeed a distinctive and creative figure within the wider genre.  

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

Luer - Constant
Luer is one of the projects of Montana-based noise maker Matt Taggart (40 Watt Womb, PCRV Quartet, Pop Culture Rape Victim). Constant is its third release, a...
290324   Piranha - Piranha(DVD)
280324   Typhoon Club - Typhoon Club(B...
270324   Jerzy Skolimowski Collection ...
260324   Latex Choker - Sealed
260324   Occlusion - 59: No Input Wall
260324   Nihil Impvlse - Anabasis
260324   Marta Forsberg - Sjunger För...
260324   The New Boy - The New Boy( Th...
250324   The Stargazer’s Assistant - ...
250324   Liza Lim - Annunciation Trip...
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