Review by Wonderful Wooden Reasons
"No Context - Line to Follow Colour Changes in Leaves
(ContraMusikProduktion MP19)
CDR
The CMP label has a preferred aesthetic of edgy, vaguely dystopian,
experimental dark-ambience and this album from the enigmatically named
No Context is no exception to that rule albeit being of a slightly
softer hue..
In the spirit of the nom de plume I have minimal info on the who or
what so I have little context in which to place the music. What we
have is disjointed ambiences and dislocated rhythmic diversions
decorated with a variety of amorphous drones, tones, pops, cracks,
twitters and grinds. There are some really nice moments here and I
particularly like the way tracks build on the ideas and sounds of the
previous one - the segue from track 2 into track 3 is my personal
standout.
It is occasionally a little heavy on the reverb and the mood throughout
is bleakly plaintive so it isn't an everyday listen. As I'm writing
this it's 11am on a beautifully sunny Saturday morning. There are birds
singing outside my window (as they are on the album) and this record
isn't really doing it for me but 12 hours ago when I played it last it
was in it's element.
(www.contramusikproduktion.de)"