Released
1999

Label
AARRGH! Communications

Reviewed by
Daniel Marvin

Contact
Dr. Tekno Eden / Ergot

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Ergot

Last Edit/Update
18 June, 1999

Ergot

Stinkhorn

Track Listing

1. Scarlet Oceans
2. Foulness
3. Stygian Corridors
4. Well Down
5. Burning World
6. Bad Intentions
7. Shores of Deimos
8. Creepy Crawling
9. 666
10. Shades of Death
11. Waterfront

    I really hadn't the slightest idea of what to expect when I put this on for the first time and I still am not sure what to call it. I guess experimental - technoiseambience works partially. There are some noisy aspects and a boat-load of electronics in each track. Some songs are bereft of any percussion while others have some sort of repetitive technoesque beat. It almost sounds very much like improvisional work since most of the predominate aspects are looped with some sort of 'lead instrument' going off on its own tangent. The production quality is pretty low and gritty on some of the tones as if they were played too low on the keyboard to sound natural although all the tracks do flow very well for what they are. The only track which really stands out is 'Well Down' which has a flowing guitar line, almost spacy, delayed vocals and slow percussion. The majority intermixes noise, weird soundscapes, and some odd percussion here and there and a few other parts are more noiseambience based with some eerie feedback. That is what like on here the most such as "Burning World" and "Shores of Deimos" where it basically builds with a very warm, dry sound scraping across the black, Plutonian sands as the waves cascade. At times the music is not really 'abrasive' but loud and oppressive, and at other times it really builds and falls through various points in the composition, layering and unfolding different aspects which are typically overlooked. I'd like to hear the next ergot and I'm sure there will be progression regarding production and such.