Released
1995/1998
Label
Drone Records
Reviewed by
Michael C. Lund
Contact
Stefan Knappe
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Last Edit/Update
05 september, 1998
Yen Pox
DELIVER 7"EP
(2nd edition: 300 copies)
Track Listing
Side A
Deliver
Side B
Remove
Yen Pox is the American duo of Michael J.V. Hensley and Steven
Hall, and they create some of the most intensely dark and mysterious soundscapes
imaginable. The two extended compositions featured on Deliver are best described as
voyages into the musical unknown: slow, weaving structures of sound that continuously
build and expand, progressing at a cloudy, cancerous pace like so many jets of ink
injected into clear water. The pieces do not have structure as such, yet, like cold sweat
nightmares they move forward, developing, seemingly aimed at some end that remains
elusive.
While "Deliver" has the
distinct sinking feel as of a continuous plunge into a bottomless void, "Remove"
-- with its intense spinning sound qualities -- appears flung outwards at some unreachable
destination beyond the stars. Both pieces have this strong luring sense of propulsion or
kinesis, however, these voyages are captured in slow motion; saturated, majestic
presences of near solid sound.
Deliver was originally
released in 1995 by Drone Records in an edition of 250 copies, but now
another 300 copies have been made available in the second edition. The 7" is pressed
on black vinyl, and presented in a screaming red cover, with the band's logo and a drawing
printed on it in black.
