Gezoleen - Black Spaces Between Stars
Posted on May 07, 2008 at 4:41 pm by admin
Industrial really doesn’t have the same presence it did in the 90’s. It’s too bad actually. I’d say that “Black Spaces Between Stars” is a good example of industrial in an extreme sense, mostly due to the white noise on top of the songs between the strange effects, and distorted, processed vocals. Unlike most industrial bands though, Gezoleen prefers to use a real drum kit played by a person, using a snare drum that has a very wooden, almost grind sound to it. Combined with all the white noise, such as feedback from instruments other than guitars, and snow, you actually much more organic take than the typical cold stark, machinery feeling.
The songs are also very short, ranging between under a minute to around 2 ½ minutes, yet they don’t feel short, which in this case works to Gezoleens advantage, as the songs don’t have a real start or finish, instead you tend to start in the middle of a repeating noise exercise. It’s surprising because the tempos are all around a mid-paced, relaxed area.
The final song presents something different from the rest of the album. At 12 minutes long it’s also strange noise exercise, with no percussion, and supported by what sounds like a pipe organ buried underneath the action. However, that song is a cover of “Code Blue” by The Dazzling Killmen.
Generally, “Black Spaces Between Stars” is a bit of an aimless collection of ambient sounds, although they are in time and do keep pace, so it’s not quite the relaxed background static that most ambient releases end up becoming. So perhaps it’s me who doesn’t fully understand ambient/noise at times (although I thought the last Nadja release was pretty kick-ass), making my interpretation of “Black Spaces Between Stars” a bit like a movie without a plot.
Released June 28th, 2005
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