The Killer Came From The Bronx — Ripper 1976

This is a recent release from one of less frequent projects of respected, prolific & multi project linked  French wall-noise maker Julien Skrobek.  For this project he focuses in on old school yet moody walled noise with a homicidal theme. And for  this C30 release the theme is Jess Franco’s 1976  movie Jack The Ripper, which saw respected yet often unbalanced German actor Klaus Kinsk taking on the role of the Whitechapel murder who butchered five women in Victorian London.

The black cassette comes in a pro printed black & white shelve- this takes in on it’s front cover, spine, and fold away grimy brick wall like textures. And on it’s inside a still from the film of the ripper walking away from his gutted female victim.

Each side of tape features a single track, and each of these is untitled. So first up we have the first sides track, and this features the following elements: A constantly bubbling & subterranean rumble. A coarse & crusty static jitter, and  a distant tumbling ‘n’ slightly roaming judder. These are brought together to create a nicely stark yet murderously brutal slice of wall-craft, which is bleak in it’s attack, yet moody & eerily atmospheric in it’s very  subtle layer shifts.

Flipping over to the second side, and this track features the following textures: A doomy & descending low end drone, and a rattling ‘n’ ripping crude judder. These textures are brought together to create a great feeling of bleak yet murky taut-ness, and this seems to drill deep into your very being with great grim effect.  I guess there is seemingly less layer movement here, but the effective blend of the two key elements makes for another very entrancing bit of wall-making.

Pretty much everything with Mr Skrobek name is  guaranteed to be a well conceived, arranged & thought out bit of ‘wall-craft’, or static based noise making. And Ripper 1976 is another prime example of this, as it offers up two compelling ‘walls’ which nicely fit the theme of the release.