Review: Never one to use a succinct title when a dramatic one is available, Voidloss starts his latest release with the impossibly grandiose sounding "A Field Of Lavender To Lose Hope". The sonic approach is much earthier, with tough, distorted drums and sheets of earsplitting noise somehow rising through the impenetrably dense rhythms. "He Crawls Inside My Mind" is based on a relatively similar approach, albeit with a more dancefloor-based sound. From there on in, the South African producer allows melodies to glisten and twinkle amid his crunchy, distorted rhythms. Dreamy textures seep through the harsh framework of "Self Revelation Is Annihilation Of Self" and "Until The Lights Have All Gone Out" is cloaked in eerie, haunting FX.
Review: Digital label Singularity provides the platform for mutual appreciation between South African producer Voidloss and Casual Violence, with each producer reworking two of his peer's tracks. The Casual Violence version of "Realisation Of Mind Fractures" suggests the listener may be in for a softer than expected experience, with rolling breakbeats underpinning a repetitive chant sample. That illusion is quickly shattered by Voidloss' granite beat and firing percussive version of Casual Violence's "Briefly Sexual" and the dense, metallic screeching and industrial eeriness of Casual Violence's version of Voidloss' "Simple Things For Simple Minds". The second Voidloss take on "Briefly Sexual", where shredded metallic drums are merged with Gothic vocals, confirms that intensity is the prevalent mood.
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