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KOMMPOUND's mission statement is to provide HEALING & TORMENT.The methodology inkludes the kombination of field rekordings [the sounds of natural & mechanik, outdoors & urban microkosms], soundwave manipulation & eventually some disharmonik instrumentation.The focus is on kapturing special vibes & the magnetism of oustanding specimen, thus the spontaneity of the rekordings & the raw edge of the sound.KOMMPOUND musik has been known to be fit as background musik for meditation, as well as for various rituals of everydaylife inkluding driving & sex. It is perfekt for self-kalibration after a hard day of work and/or thinking.A limited 2xCD-R split with UK-based noise/hacker artist PASCAL CRETAIN is out now through the channel of HEAD TO AVOID RECORDINGS & BLAST BEAT MAILMURDER . Another split with greek noise freak HELLBOY 106 is ready & will be out soon, and a 3rd split with APPES is on the works.Do yourself a favor & evaluate KOMMPOUND. Your mindwaves will be pleased.
================================================KOMMPOUND RELEASES:KOMMPOUND / PASCAL CRETAIN "THE EMPATHY AXIS" 2x3"CD-R (BLAST BEAT MAILMURDER/HEAD TO AVOID RECORDINGS) OUT NOW!!!!!KOMMPOUND DISC: 1. SUNNY AFTERNOON 2. BALKAN
PASCAL CRETAIN DISC: 1. DENIAL OF SERVICE 2. THE SUN COVERED IN 0s AND 1s+Kommpound offer two ambient/drone tracks based on field recordings with some noise injektions & weird vokills. Pascal Cretain's magic ukulele adds a special flavor to this warm yet menacing trip.
+Pascal Cretain stands for noise mindfuck produced with hacker/security code+binaries transformed into soundwaves. Feel the bits and bytes shiver down your spine as you plunge into the belly of the machine.
+The release features super-beautiful artwork (courtesy of VIRAL GRAPHICS) & packaging. It is limited to 128 hand-numbered copies.KOMMPOUND / HELLBOY 106 SPLIT ....OUT SOON...
1.KOMMPOUND NORTHERN SEA RITUAL
2.HELLBOY 106 TRANSFORMING ALL FLESH TO WAX
3.HELLBOY 106 YOSHIMITSU
4.HELLBOY 106 CARESSIN THE BEAKS THAT STAB YOU
5.HELLBOY 106 BORIS KARLOFF's DISTORTED BIRDS
6.HELLBOY 106 -
+Kommpound take you with a ritualistic sea-side drone , to a voyage into secluded islands where the most weird experiments take place.
+Once onsite, Hellboy 106 punish the intruders with guitar-based bizarre noise/drone.
+The format(s) and the label are yet to be determined.
================================================"THE EMPATHY AXIS" review from MORE THAN SOUNDS webzine
Kommpound (aka Panos Agoros of Straighthate fame) uses and abuses field recordings to deliver a cosmic ambience not dissimilar to that of KK Null. His part of “Empathyâ€, clocking in at around 20 minutes, could be described as a more atonal and monolithic, beat-free Odd Nosdam session.Kommpound stands more on the ambient than on the harsh-noise side of things. “Sunny afternoon†evolves over a droning pattern that’s occasionally splashed with loud, discordant sounds. Samples from something like an afternoon TV show can be heard way in the back pervading the composition with an aura of every-day gloominess while Pascal’s Cretain’s ukulele comes to justify the “sunny†reference in the song’s title. Made up of similar constituents, “Balkanâ€, Kommpound’s second track, projects a more industrial and more “musical†at times, atmosphere.Invoking security code as a thematic analogy for his sound, Pascal Cretain, both hacker and underground music enthusiast, manages, contrary to what one would expect, to get a remarkably coherent and well worked-out sense of composition rear up out of his sonic wreckage.Pascal's experiment of turning lifeless computer code into sound stands out not only as particularly interesting but also as intriguingly challenging. “Denial of Service†sees its moody, humming sonic frame periodically interrupted by rhythmic pulses and menacing swoops of high - pitched, screeching noise while “The Sun Covered in 0s and 1s†kicks off with a slow-burning, dullish buzz just to let an ethereal Sunn O))) / Boris sample sneak in further down the road and shed “light†on its inhospitable, grey and grim soundscape.Special salute should also go out to the outstanding black and white artwork and the extraordinary packaging done by Viral Graphics.Limited to 128 handnumbered copies , “The Empathy Axis†is bound to become a much sought after rarity soon. Do yourselves a favor and get it while it’s there. ================================================
