My very first time with Wolfenstein (Xie Zhongqi), a Taipei-based artist that “has been experimenting with as many techniques of sound making as possible”. Electronic signals, a semi-subsonic murmur, a sturdy post-minimalist pulse but no harmony, everything cold as the lights in a morgue. Bouncing high frequencies join in, the rhythmic tapestry beginning to show a deeper intricacy: more than the timbre of the sources, the real interest resides in trying to follow each line’s structural density, while the dissonant factor swells little by little. The music walks with heavy feet, the basic pattern becoming increasingly aggressive as the minutes flow and those bubbly emissions pierce the cranium from every available angle, just like the evil species of Gremlins popping out everywhere. At one point, the irregular drumming of those constructions remains naked, only scarred by additional electronics; still no trace of assistance under the shape of a chord, or even a regular note. That’s all for the better: this is the territory which fans of industrial battlefields – and Z’EV in particular – will find pretty hospitable. Merciless until the end, this composition should be played loud for most impressive results. Prayers and contemplations don’t belong here, this is sheer sonic danger. In its genre, utterly brilliant.
Reviewed by Massimo Ricci
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