Taphephobia

Taphephobia - #5  in “For The Love Of Death” series

2003 – Crucial Blast – CDr – Limited to 25

Track:

1. Quality Of Life Has Long Since Passed (Dead But Breathing)

Total Length: 56:15

Worm Gear

Scott Candey

This is part 5 in the ongoing "For The Love of Death" CDR series working it's way towards 12 chapters. Each release comes in a DVD box, and is limited to a mere 25copies. This installment features one 56+ minutes epic called "Quality of Life Has Long Since Passed (Dead But Breathing)." This is slow moving, gradual and subtle Dark Ambient. Penetrating low end tones shift and emerge atop one another, as restrained elements of a more abrasive nature wade in the distance of the murky foundation... static drifts, reverberating mysteries and so on. There are brief hints of melody or at least melody fragments that reveal themselves sparingly. The track maintains a similar feel throughout, but stirs it's rudimentary elements well, and even over it's lengthy duration, manages to stay engaging. There is a lo-fi quality to Marax's output in general that adds to the atmosphere and feel of his work without effecting the overall sound quality etc... kinda like B-movie horror versus Hollywood horror. The cheaper film stock and less than epic audio recordings somehow give the B-movie more impact, credibility and style.