The Infant Cycle -- Old Plus Four -- The Ceiling -- [Last Sigh Magazine]

Track Listing

1. Dancemix
2. danceMix
3. Tulpa
4. Resulting Behavior
5. Spraints
6. Artificial Barnyard
7. Excedrin Commercial
8. Float Land
9. Crash Land

The Infant Cycle releases a compendium of tracks taken from past releases and throws some unreleased tracks in to present "Old Plus Four". The most worthy word I can use to describe initial reaction to this cd is "interesting".
Yes, that is a bland word that could have thousands of meanings, but I can't really find anything else to sum up the tracks. Variance, at least for me, is a key ingredient in flavor in any release. The Infant Cycle apparantly knew this, as this is a spicy mix of tracks. Imagine a toned down and much less muddy Nurse With Wound with the occasional erratic beat added. In nature and in structure, this could be categorized as a "noise" release although it is nicely minimal and atmospheric at times. The sounds and beats possess a cut-up quality as if they were constructed using old-fashioned reel-to-reel tapes in an almost random manner. The variations and frantic texture changes make this a nice solid release.