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discovery
the compromise is not possible
is the title of an hour-long composition written for female voice, drums, electric guitar and organ by Slobodan Kajkut, an independent contemporary composer from Serbia. It premiered in 2005 in Graz as a commissioned piece for "Hörfest", a festival for contemporary music.
Written to be performed at churches only, it is a combination of traditional contemporary composition techniques with Rock and Heavy Metal: Harmonies, rythmic changes and silence meets distorted guitars, feedback orgies and drums inspired by Speed and Death Metal.
Three years after its premiere at St. Andrä Church in Graz, it was reperfomed by the same musicians at the same location and recorded and released as a double LP by the austrian independent label Wire Globe Recordings.
For all of you, who wonder who Slobodan is: "The Striggles" - rings a bell? he's part of them, among other bands like "Jubbooko sa Negrass", "Mizar" and "Betty Blue".
On november 4th 2009 "the compromise is not possible" will be performed at the parish church (Stadtpfarrkirche) of Linz at 20:30.
line-up:
Robert Lepenik - guitar
Christine Scherzer - voice
Hannes Kerschbaumer - organ
Wolfgang Eichinger - drums
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INT019 - THE STRIGGLES/REFLECTOR
INT 019 | 7"
THE STRIGGLES/REFLECTOR
release date: december 5th, 2009
21 years after mudhoney and sonic youth did it, this two bands from graz did something similar -
each band is covering a song from the other.
and like 1988 the only possible format for this release is vinyl (of course).
The Striggles are covering the song "disillusion" from Reflector´s album "phantoms"
and Reflector is covering "sorry" from The Striggles album "expressionism".
And it works! both songs are highly intensive while finding the balance between the interpreters style
and the style of the original song.
/a The Striggles: disillusion
/b Reflector: sorry
recorded and mixed by: Bernd Heinrauch
mastered by: Bernd Heinrauch
artwork by: Andreas Heller
reviews:
Two weeks ago I happened to be roaming about in my cellar and I opened an old
box and found some old fanzines. So on a hunch I decided to grab
two issues of Howl magazine, number 10 and 11 from late 1991, to read them.
What a riot. I was instantly drawn back into the best years of my teen/twendom.
The records reviewed all happened to somehow make it into my collection throughout the years.
There are articles about the Honeymoon Killers, Louis Tillet, Thin White Rope, Sympathy
for the record industry, Antiseen, Posion Idea, Okra records, Melvins on their new album "bullhead"
and so on.
All the greatest noiserock and grunge rock is there. One reviewer rants about the first single by
Hole saying they will never stand a chance of ever making a name for themselves.
There is even an advertisement for Nirvana’s “Nevermind” with a copytext reading:
“they are already a hot name amongst scenesters in England!”
And you know what else was obviously all the rage around ’91? Single clubs.
And I mean record labels that release special singles and send them to subscribers.
I bet all of those are worth a million now.
Now here is a single where two great noise rock bands cover each other’s songs.
How cool is that!? Makes me feel even more like 1991.
Reflector kick into “Sorry” with a slow (what else!) noise rocker with distorted vocals mixed into the back,
which makes it sound like one of my favorite noiserock bands from back then, Distorted Pony.
If you know them you are a friend of mine. Then they break into a basic Melvins-Metal-riff that will
make them a lot of friends, I am sure. Then back to slow grind.
The Striggles on the other hand add some falsetto vocals to “Disillusion” and bang away on hit with
heavy drums and bass and a distorted guitar the way it should be.
I am thinking Tar constantly. And then Chokebore. And then Tar.
Closing down The Striggles pay tribute to Reflector’s outstanding approach to music by having a long,
echoing drum solo that sounds more like Joe Prestons Melvins/Kiss-Solo-12”.
Believe you me, The Striggles’ “Aloha” and Reflector’s “Pass” are amongst the best albums that have
been released in 2009. So you better also try to get ahold of this seven inch to deepen the impact and
give some nice people a friendly handshake.
PS: If you happen to own some more issues of Howl magazine, early ones especially, drop me a line.
If you have the accompanying seven inch to go along, I pay good money for that.
[CRACKED Georg]
