Released
1998

Label
Independent

Reviewed by
Ben Didier

Contact

North Coast Noise
Committee

c/o Roger Hayes
PO Box 1012
Astoria, Oregon
97103 USA


Last Edit/Update
01 May, 1999

Robert Clutter
Aperiodic

Track Listing

1. Bell
2. Carpcurve
3. Autofall
4. Stockyard
5. Sabado
6. Horsetail Falls
7. Rubber Luster
8. White

          Sitting on a waterfront porch in the dark, wind chimes dangling in the breeze. Thick drones permeate through the darkness like a chorus of fog horns in the distance. This is the vivid scene drawn from Aperiodic's eight-and-a-half minute opening track, "Bell".
          These lengthy songs all contain a rich ambience, performed with an experimental array of sounds that stop just short of a clamour.
          When you hear a guitar, usually you will visualize someone playing it. But when strange sounds come out of your stereo that sound like an army of tin ants buzzing up a steel pole, you have to be creative in order to visualize what you're hearing. "Aperiodic" taps into this creativity; like a collection of soundtracks to imaginary landscapes.
          Robert Clutter is a member of Oregon's North Coast Noise Committee, which is a groups of artists who work together to promote experimental/improv music. Hopefully this Committee will find strength in numbers, and draw some attention to its members' interesting soundscapes.