Friday 22 January 2016

Black Beast Of Arrrghhh – a trip down memory lane (CD)



I got this CD as a trade. BBOF is the solo experimental noise project of Zachary Short JR, from Florida, USA. He also plays in Nexus Monkey (with Hal Harmon) and Mayan Apocalypse (along Eric Thompson). Zachary is one very prolific individual. To be perfectly honest here, I`m biased he`s one of my favorite noisers. `A trip down memory lane `is his best work to date. The frontier between minimalism / noise / music / ambient noise has never been so thin. There`s seven amazing tracks here (54.38 minutes). He uses minimal piano orchestrations, short noise bursts, cutups, ambient noise and minimal acoustic guitar arrangements. This is a relaxing, meditative album with just the exact dose of noise bytes to keep you from falling asleep at the helm. You want standout tracks now. The whole enchilada is a standout track. My favorite ones are:
2 – Air (5.07 minutes) = minimal piano + ambient noise = meditative moods for the cold Canadian winter I have to deal with.
3 – Left in the dark (6.32 minutes) = short noise burst + more ambient noise & minimal piano playing = need I say more.                                   6 – Mnlght snt Ist mvmnt (5.49 minutes) = relaxing acoustic guitar minimalism. You don`t need to use a continuous wall of noise to get my attention. This album conjures feelings of coldness, minimalism, loneliness and isolationism. A beautiful, yet challenging listen.

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