Remembrance Of Failures

Remembrance Of Failures- #6 in “For The Love Of Death” series

2003 – Crucial Blast – CDr – Limited to 25

Tracks:

1. Remembrance Of Failures 5:01
2. Cleansing The Razor For Tomorrow 7:11
3. Respirdal 13:01
4. Fading Ember Of Survival 7:19


Total Length: 32:28

Worm Gear
Scott Candey
This is part 6 in the "For The Love of Death" 12 CDR series, this outing features 4 tracks, just over 32 minutes. This disc opens with the title track, a rumbling drone of a piece, with distant clanks and reverberations peppering the murk. "Cleansing The Razor For Tomorrow" combines low hums with static washes and barely audible vocals and or samples, too quiet to discern that it is anything more than a voice. A slow pulse rises in the mix adding body to the foundation while abstracted tones give the illusion of far away melody. "Respirdal" is a 13 minutes piece rich with a rolling subterranean ambience and quiet echoes, simple but engrossing. "Fading Ember of Survival" blends restrained crackling electronics with a sub-bass throb that eventually swells to panning drifts distortions and piercing highs, and offers the most abrasive portion of the release before fading out gradually to conclude "Remembrance of Failures." This is another nice installment in the series, focusing primarily on subtle dark textures that I think reveal more the more acutely you listen.

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.