Monday 16 November 2015

UL - III (CD)



ÜL are an Argentinian trio (formed in 2006) comprised of Alan Courtis (Reynols), Fernando Perales and Charly Zaragoza. As the title suggests this album released on Zhelezobeton in 2008 (limited edition of 250 copies) is their third album. They like to explore the timbric possibilities of the electric guitar. They combine elements of drone, noise, rock, psychedelia, musique concrete, electroacoustic with a sense of free improvisation in mind. I never jumped into the Maeror Tri / Troum bandwagon. They process electric guitar sounds beyond recognition in order to create floating soundscapes (almost ambient noise territory here). In the case of ÜL there approach is far more interesting. There`s 8 tracks for a total running time of 47.03 minutes. They like to improvise / experiment and it shows. You will hear various styles at work layers of processed electric guitar generating an outer worldly ambience (tracks # 1, 2),  distorted high pitch guitar (track # 6), walls of dark lo-fi ambient noise the end result of more guitar processing (tracks # 4, 5), synthesizer with guitar drones (track # 3) and processed rhythmic sounds with loops, found sounds (tracks # 7, 8). Fans of commercial music beware this baby`s not for you. Recommended for curious people with an open mind. This CD will definitely be your cup of tea. More information here: http://zhb.radionoise.ru/

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