Looking to expand my exposure to Seism, I did a little digging around and struck upon 777 Experiment. Seism’s approach to texturing and layering is less like an artist’s brush, on this release, and more like garden rake made of broken glass and ice picks. A harsh, dissonant cacophony ensues as the album opens and layers of sampled broadcasts and conversations pile upon one another, stumbling drunkenly over backing tracks of aimless and atonal synth noodling. The album’s longest track, “Bretaellitio”, briefly flirts with epic grandeur, inspired by a melodramatic build to a pure noise meltdown, before settling into the agitated milieu of the closing track, “Heamoiteriolli”.
Not as refined as other Seism material I’ve encountered, but worth the listen.
[Rating:3/5]
