Various Artists - Zenflesh Five *Amduscias* 
(Zenflesh Records)
reviewed by KUSH for TUNNEL E-zine, Auguest 1998



	Zenflesh records has released a number ov compilations, and this is the first
one they 've sent my way. NOw. here are the artists....some familiar, some
not...but almost all ov them are interesting. here how compilation reviews
work from now on. If they did something interesting, and experimental( if it's
on an experimental compilation like this), or just plain good, i'll explain
thier track. if they didn't, no explanation. Artists:
Mike Czech, Rh Yau, Job, the bran(another plight of medic's) pos, instagon,
flapper, ah son brun out,??? hc, aerobics king, petit mal, flatline
construct,origami replika, la hannya, kiosk, noise/girl, dr oblivious, turk
knifes pope, shiva speedway, brite moments, 3rd rail stepper, ipecac loop.
	Ry yau  had an amazing track actually, one ov the most remarkable things i've
heard for a long time. Sqeaking, pulsing, in a room, somebody FURIOUSLY at
work, trying to fix metal between metal, while his computer freezes and stops
to blast out bits ov lovin with sequenced error messages, static, and sound
processing programs getting stuck. Trying to fix a bird tweater, the energy
involved, the breath, the empty rooom, YOUR FUCKING GARAGE, with you and
yourself trying hard to fix this damn gadget. Simply amazing. I'm going to try
to interview them.
	Instagon have always been favorites ov mine.It's not htat typical ov what
they do in the arrangement. strange melodies violins. crisp sounds guitars. i
seriously suggest any instagon to anybody looking for Psychic Youth
experimental music...checek other reviews in this page.
	Flapper  throw in their bit ov odd experimental hip hop, abstract, if you
would call it. chimes...slow breaks...well carried out ...air pump sand
breakbeats.
	Ahson brun out was a strange experiment in overdrive in waves. well carried
out.
	Petit Mal does catch my attention. one loop, then these squiggly sounds al
over. high functioning computers making hardrive sounds, with a bit ov noise,
a plug bursting, slowly, and really quickly accelerating, this track, finds me
in an interesting state. promising work for an original sound.
	La Hannya  was  nice refresher in the middle ov all this experimental music.
This was a straight up catchy pop dream breakbeat backed song with feathering
guitars,  slow parts, etc. Very pretty vocals by some female, feathering would
bea  good word. something about drowning this song is, it does have emotion,
and sounds really professional actually. i could see this band playing with
Sully, somehow:). I liked it. very pretty music. Watch out for them. they'll
get singed soon.
	Kiosk  is cartoon drum and bass, the way it SHOULD BE DONE! eheh. This was
also very surprising my friend. A cute piano melody, lil blips flying off here
and there, actually... finger snaps, a nice breakbeat. moreover i liked the
drums sounds, they sounded a bit more mechanized than usual drums in D&B, and
the sounds other than the drums were different. it sounded like tones or high
notes were being panned back and forth, in tight sequences along with the
beats at times, water droplets, ethnic modified voices, slowly meloly flying
about.. the pace isn't slow. This is very clean, no ragga here...no cymbals
flyig like bullets all over. Very nice music. MAKE A 12"
	noise/girl was certainly the dose ov harsh noise, in the line ov some RRR
material. or japanese stuff, that this comp needed. Well carried out and
executed....somehouw similar to Shaolin Temple material. left channel scream
here. distortion there. Note that it was formulaic.
	SHIVA SPEEDWAY seemed to be the highlight on the noiserock side ov the
compilation and it was impressive indeed. Slopping obstinate beats, a lil
girlie screaming, distorted as hell...distorted as hell guitars flopping
around, soloing here, there, and totalyl, absolutely TOTALLY HAPpENINg. short
though. i'm looking for more material on them.

 k u s h
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