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Joe Foster - Knock Nevis (For Wilson Zorn and J.P. Jenkins)

reviewed by Larry Johnson
5/30/2006
There’s an old saying that “you can’t rush a good thing” and this also applies to the new Homophoni release single by Joe Foster. This slowly, but steadily evolving experimental composition, is brimming with a variety of interesting textures, sounds, and moods.

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[ Homophoni ]

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A few seconds of silence followed by a couple of minutes of warm layers of static and high-frequency tones meet the listener until, about three-and-one-half minutes, into the track a resonant chord abruptly sounds. As the echoing chord gradually fades, the hiss of static and high-pitched microtones once again take the forefront, but bolder and louder, for the next few minutes only to be interrupted briefly by what seems to be the fleeting remnants of that droning chord. About seven-minutes into the composition, the tone begins to change. A layer of feedback along with what sounds like the rush of wind are added, giving the track a more ominous atmosphere. At about 10:45, a heavy, low-frequency feedback begins to takeover and the tone becomes even more threatening. The comforting fizz of static becomes more hazy, and a deep, undulating tone becomes the focus for the next few minutes with the only distraction being the intermittent droning of a chord. At 16:45, the boisterous tone abruptly ends and the warm whisper of static returns along with the appearance of a beautiful, chiming drone, sometimes taking the background and sometimes becoming the focal point. The final seven minutes of the composition becomes a rather unruly collage of glitch, feedback, distorted noise, transparent tones, and grainy textures. -LAJ-

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