Reviews: (Bad Alchemy) Concatenation (eh?133, C-30), d. h. Verkettung, entstand in Chicago. Verantwortlich zeichnen Ampyre (ein Avant Goth Duo in St. Louis, MO) & Death Factory (Michael Krause, seit 1988 ein Noisician in Chicago), vereint als DEATH PYRE. Ich höre ein zerrüttmeisterliches Dröhnen, Stöhnen, Jaulen, eine Geisterbahn in Katastrophenalarm, Krach mit lachhaftem Unterton ('In Absentia'). Statt Kommunikation und Verständigung ein Rauschen, Rumoren und Kaskadieren zu übel verzerrter Gitarre, und dazu Mimi Tolvas (Deodara, formerly of Ono) unwahrscheinlicher femininer Singsang ('International Talking'). Und schließlich aus Stimmengewirr hervor spoken words von ihr und einer dumpfen Männerstimme zu dröhnendem, klopfendem, rauschendem Maschinenlärm, metallischem Klingklang, Tamtam und Bambam mit erhöhtem Puls. Ich höre „...flowers“ (?), „woman is...“ (?), „we don't understand“ (?) ('The Fruit of Our Labors'). Noise, aber mit dem Beigeschmack, einem Insichwiderspruch, von Sarkasmus oder Pathos. - Rigo Dittmann
(Felthat Reviews) What a beauty of outsider, freak, out-of-bound gem! Releases as a DL and a cassette by long-running Bryan's Day Public Eyesore label and it certainly adds up to a bit lo-fi or no-fi atmosphere of the album - hissy textures that contain certain mad quality to the commotion that is present in this material. Three long tracks that is probably not enough to be a representative of what Death Pyre can do in terms of electronic or I would even add - elctroacoustics that this album can fall into as far as any categories are concerned. How to approach this album? Imagine a lo-fi noise uneven and sharp edges and surfaces that build up the ambience but in a narrative of certain amount of rush and neurotic commotion. It could act up as a diary of a OCD person in a therapy, it could be a dairy of understanding prompts that your tormented mind picks up from the reality that altogether is an dystopian nightmare and an utter fiasco. Make up your own mind by just listening. I know I will be coming back to it again and again. - Hubert Heathertoes
(Babysue) The first cassette is Concatenation by Death Pyre. This band is a combo or sorts featuring the talents of the goth duo Ampyre and the post-industrial/noise outfit Death Factory. Not intended for dull listeners and wimpsters, the album is a pure excursion into the world of genuine inspiration. - Don Seven
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