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Matt Wand has clambered from the smouldering wreckage of Stock, Hausenand Walkman with most of his organs intact and a goldmine of shinypebbles to send dancers into convulsions as they try to shake theircoprolites to clodhopping broken breakbeat celebrations of the Martianhousing crisis and minerals with no cleavage. More compact and harderedged than later Walkman works, Small Rocks only reproduce with theprior permission of Dicky, who likes to keep his loungecore moves alittle tricky. If there's comparisons to Stock, Hausen and Walkman tobe made then they ought to be to the 'Venetian Deer,' although thisseems less plunderphonic and all the fiddling about with Gameboys hascertainly made an impact as there's fictional hotwired video gameanthems lurking round every corner. The Small Rocks were rubbedtogether to spark up zany hellfire in Dicky's Skull and offer up thanksto such entities as the Pyramidiots and the Inarticulate Brachiopod.Like some old Carry On Computer film, there seems to be lots of sillydouble entendre intended in the name Small Rocks. It's a joke thatwould've worn a bit thin if it had spurted all over the music, butsince a track from this was included on a Wire Tapper CD and the Wiredeals with only serious music it must mean that this is a seriousshuffle. There is plenty of scope for 'rocking on' here and the optionof getting one's 'rocks off' is not precluded. A Japanese lady pops inover halfway through to sing a warped showtune about a Japanese littledevil, and the final ode to Martian cities has some vocoder irritantrobovox, but mostly the Small Rocks go for a compact instrumental ride.As if the manic cut up comedy sci-fi beat action wasn't enough, thedaft sleeve featuring a bemused convict clutching a small rock is worthhaving this for! Be well advised that if you just download the soundsamples and don't buy this you will be missing out on the free handyruler for measuring your small rocks! -
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Presumably the album title came from the snippet of dialogue that opensthe first track "Trip North." This soon gives way to subtle fluctuatingelectric drones, which sound like processed string bowing, accented byirregular pinging chimes. "After Fire" cuts abruptly in with thequenching flow of running water. It doesn't stick around long as theriver flows ever onward, and "Departure (Cellar)" is a much longermelancholic meditation on solo bowed contrabass. Although this startsoff sparse and forlorn it picks up atonal clattering creaking momentumwhich dissipates then builds up scattershot intensity as if mice arerunning all over the bass strings until a finale of long low boweddrones builds an altogether heavier intensity which finally peters outto a fine point. "Plums" rest on a loop both percussive and droning,over which arch higher string rattlings. Cut to high to mid rangeelectronic squeal and slowly emerging cocoon like eerie insectambience. Finally the insects taste fermenting sugar and roll drunk infiddling ecstacy. "Lo Speed Chase" ups the anthill with some overtlyrhythmic whimsical wiggling that constantly threatens to up end itselfand although it seems to dance as if its laces are tied it managesnever to trip. "Everything Can Be Good Sometimes" brings back therunning water tapes for another spin as a backdrop for stuttering offcentre piano chops, weaving in and out like Steve Reich losing theplot, before they converge and a gorgeous bowed melody like a lo-fiTortoise caught snoozing erupts quite unexpectedly. Latterly the pianoruns haywire again and this feeling of chaos just about to break outbut held in check recurrs. "Attic" seems to be a companion to "Cellar"and is aptly titled as it builds more soaring, towering structures fromsimilarly thick squeaky bowings, rising to plink plunk crescendo. Thefinal short track "Crossing Kingston Bridge" seems to be a fieldrecording of tuneful whistling over echoing footsteps. This is a greatdisc to have on low as dawn breaks, and seems to paint an idiosyncraticengaging picture of a journey. Sound samples can be downloaded from theLucky Kitchen. -
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