Root Cellar — --^^^--FRB--^^^--

--^^^--FRB--^^^--is a recent release from Eugene, Oregon based Root Cellar- who have largely in the past has put out nature/ landscape themed walled noise, though this two-track digital release is a departure from that trend. What we get here are two around forty-minute walls, that sever up dense battering blends of thickly weaved textured noise.

Theme wise this release focusing in on FRB’s or fast radio bursts are transient radio pulses, which are connected to astronomy. A fast radio burst is a pulse of length ranging from a fraction of a millisecond up to a few milliseconds- they are caused by some high-energy astrophysical process that is not yet fully understood. Astronomers estimate that an average FRB releases as much energy in a millisecond as the sun puts out in 3 days. So certainly an interesting concept for a wall-noise release.

So first up we have "fbr#1"- here we find a forty-three-minute track that is built a constant & persistent blend of boring-slight droning low-end, and rattling ‘n’ hacking judder- with some rewarding swirling & scribbling sub-tones just at the edge of the wall. The low-end has a satisfyingly subterranean deep billowing pit feel, while the judder has a nicely urgently & ragged edge to its attack. Both of these layers are well mixed, and together they create an entrancing-yet-ripped ‘n’ ragged attack, which most certainly kept me held into the wall for its full runtime.

Next, we have "fbr#2"- and this takes in another decidedly raged & cluttering hack bound wall- that comes in twenty-three seconds over the forty-minute mark. Brought together here we have a deeply buried & sightly hissing drone, and this topped by a huge, cumbersome- yet persistent hacking texture. At points, it very much feels like it will all suddenly buckle, break or thin back- yet it never does.

--^^^--FRB--^^^-- is another worthy release from Root Cellar with both tracks offering similar/ related textural blends- though each is subtly different enough- to be rewarding in their own right too. Head here to the projects bandcamp to check/ download the release.