Small Hours — Lost & Found
This release is part of the Silver Top series put out by US label Breaching Static, and each of the releases in this series features very simple & sparse packaging. This release comes in the form of a blank label-less CDR that’s in a see-through plastic sleeve that just features a sticker with the projects name on & a small piece of paper detailing the track listing, the tracks sound sources, and who created the noise with-in.
The two tracks on offer here both come in at spot on the twenty minute mark, and the first of these is entitled “Lost”. This first tracks ‘wall’ is built around a rewarding & oddly relaxing mixture of locked rumble ‘n’ juddering noise texture. Over the time this ‘wall’ seems to slowly haze ‘n’ drift out into a more AHNW state, and towards the last quarter intakes on a most appealing & soothing air.
Track two is entitled “Found”, and this track is a bit more active & varied in it’s tone & pace than the first track. It starts off been built around chopping & crunching tonalities, then at just after the five minute mark it drops into very thin sonic mixture of crackling static that’s unfed by this weird 'pouring liquid in a funnel' type element. Then once again we shift to another thicker textured wall around the 10th minute- this time it’s has a more raging ‘n’ tearing drone like feel about it. There’s one more change in the tracks texture and this happens around the 15th minute when Killick thins the track down to a eerier textured static crackle that’s under fed by this weird & distant hissing like droning tonality which moves in & out of the foreground of the track.
So in conclusion “Lost & Found” is a rewarding walled noise ride that shows Killick has the ability to create both punishing, soothing & atmospheric HNW.