Here we have wall noise split, which rolls in at just shy of the two-hour mark. It features two fifty-three-minute tracks- one from Michigan-based Polarlicht which is an example of numbing ‘n’ grey drone bound ‘wall’. And a rawer ‘n’ rolling example of the form from Poland’s Sado Rituals.

As with many ‘walled noise’ release these days this is a digital release- it appears on Gates of Hypnos, which is run by the mind behind Sado Rituals. Cover artwork wise we get a decidedly grim & rather bleak looking black ‘n’ white blocky shape- which could possibly be a weird tree-like face- though it’s far from clear what is. The release can be downloaded here
 
So first up we have the Polarlicht  track “Untitled (Mathematical Learning Bears)”- this rolls in at the fifty-three minutes and twenty-six seconds mark. And this is a very drone-based take on the wall noise form- it opens with a blend of hoovering, and lightly billowing drone- which is edged by fixed smaller constantly cluttering static grain tone. It all rather feels like being inside a huge, antiquated machine that is very slowly slowing down, though at points it feels like we get sudden power-up moments- quite how really these switches are in reality I’m unsure- but it’s most effective. At just after the twenty-minute mark- the drone dies back, and we’re just left with the static clutter- which really feels wound down.  As the track progresses we have a few moments of raised almost glamouring occurring, but fairly soon we drift back to more numbing/ grey lulling waters.
 
Next, we have the Sado Rituals track. This is entitled “Breath of Wickedness”, and runs at the fifty-three minute and eight-second mark. It opens with a  blend of ill-defined and rather creepy low-end ambient textures- these are overfed by a rapid/ slight grit-bound rattle, which is fed into a continual running grain stream. As the track continues the ambient elements become more pressing in their intent- and rather brought to mind very muffled, rubbed back, and stretched industrial tones.  Also, the noise tones seem to become more pelting/ heavy rain on a glass roof like in their feel. With the wall rather remaining in this setting for the rest of its runtime.
 
So this split brings together two decidedly atmospheric, at points subtle uneasy examples of ‘walling’- with each offering up a different take on the atmospheric walling. I know the  Sado Rituals project well, but this is my first taste of Polarlicht- and I certainly would like to hear more.