Robert Curgenven — Oltre
Most of the tracks here start out in a similar manner with long doomed trails of sustain & black as night feedback which Curgenven stretchers & pulls out like a thick rough weaved dark fabric blanket over the listeners psyche. Then as the tracks develop or thicken their dreadful grip on the listener he introduces other subtle elements like creepy vinyl crackle, field recordings of night time bird song, fly buzzing, approaching storm sounds & all manner of errier sonic matter. The tracks are often sonically simply in their make, but it’s the way Curgenven aptly & grimly over laps the pitch black sustains, sluggish dark feed back trails & other elements that makes this so atmospherically appealing & rewarding.
‘Oltre’ is an album that slowly, but surely sucks you into it’s own distinctive slow-moving & eternal night time world. It’s an album that wont be rushed or taking in a half hearted manner ;you have to give into it & let yourself be brought down to it’s slowly moving dark & doomed pace.