5/5/2000

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May 5th, 2000 was supposed to be the end of existence as we know it according to many of the worlds scientists. There are many websites and even a book detailing how, why and when the world would end due to an unusual alignment of the planets on May 5th, 2000. There was even a band dedicated to it...:
Travis Ryan and Nathan Berlinguette comprise the San Diego/San Francisco ambient/noise duo 5/5/2000. Ryan also fronts the band Cattle Decapitation and has released several projects including a tribute CD to Throbbing Gristle(featuring The Melvins, NON, Lesser and 5/5/2000) on his own label Attention Deficit Recordings and some solo material through Chrome Peeler Records. Berlinguette is known for his work in Creation Is Crucifixion and The Human Quena Orchestra, as well as launching his own label Daft Alliance(Tomo, Upsilon Acrux) and his solo project, M. Kourie.
DISCOGRAPHY:
1997 - "5/5/2000" limited edition cassette on Attention Deficit Recordings. 90 minutes of lo-fi ambient noise done mostly with guitars and tapes. Only 100 made. Long OUT OF PRINT.
1997 - "The Absolute, The First Wonder And The World" limited edition cassette on Attention Deficit Recordings. 90 more minutes of lo-fi ambient noise bliss, this time throwing keyboards in the mix. Only 100 made. Long OUT OF PRINT.
1998 - "In Formation: A Tribute To Throbbing Gristle". 5/5/2000 does the song "E-coli". Released on Travis' label Attention Deficit Recordings and licensed to Invisible Records for release.
1998 - "Trummerflora 2 Various Artists Compilation". Features the song "The Sky Is Falling" from the album "Fin". Order at www.accretions.com
1999 - "Fin" - Full length CD on Accretions Records. Order at www.accretions.com (reviews are below)
2003 - "5/5/2000/Pizurlan" Split CD. Released in a limited edition of 500 on Dioxin City Productions. European release only, though some made their way to the states. Features the 25 minute track "Noch Nie Trat Das Ende Der Welt Tatschlich Ein", their final live performance at the Che Cafe in San Diego, CA. Also released in a limited run of 50 on black CDs for the Cattle Decapitation tour of 2003-2004. OUT OF PRINT. (reviews are below)
2005 - "Reflektionen Musique" CD. Available soon on Post Replica. Features the last studio track recorded sometime in 1999-2000 and a beautiful live set on KCR Aztec Radio.
Presently the two reside in opposite ends of California. Travis is busy at work with Cattle Decapitation and Nathan has been releasing CD's and LP's through Daft Alliance for the past couple years.
5/5/2000 released an album entitled "Fin" in 1999. Here's what the press had to say:
"...very nice debut of dronologist electronica...Beautifully intense." - Aquarius Records
"Violent waves of dissonance capped with planet shaking beats...a cosmic breed of sound." - Ink 19
"...electronic and ambient, with a tendency toward dissonant sounds and timbres..." - Progression
Here's a write up by Andee(Aquarius Records/TumulT Records owner and one knowledgable motherfucker):
5/5/2000 / PIZURLAUN Split (Dioxin City) CD: This is the perfect sort of split record. Two bands who have very little in common sonically, but who both completely destroy! The first track is 5/5/2000 which is Nathan Berlinguette, formerly of grind metallers Creation Is Crucifixion, and Travis who is currently in Cattle Decapitation. That pedigree doesn't really prepare you for the epic 20 minute droning soundscape this duo whipped up live a few years back. Dreamy but sinister, creepy and hypnotic, with rumbling tones, short wave broadcasts, buried melodies, and throbbing pulses, all of which occasionally erupt into swirling sheets of noise. Drone-heads will love this. I actually thought it sounded like a more brutal and satanic Kitaro record. Which may sound dubious but is in fact a great thing! Trust me. The smattering of applause at the end just makes you grateful that such an intensely powerful performance is getting heard by more than the handful of folks that actually witnessed it. And of course none of this prepares you for the utter chaotic brutality of Pizurlaun. A hyper-distorted avant-grind juggernaut. Buzzing guitars careen from speaker to speaker, while various noises and rhythms, cut out, or stutter like a skipping cd and all sorts of really affected and bizarre production turns what would have been an amzing grind metal record anyway, into a splattery, grinding metallic masterpiece. And apparently the drums tracks were made by recording real live drums, and then having a non-drummer assemble them on a computer. Which only adds to the freaked out weirdness, and utter mayhem. Like a Locust tape, that you left in your back pocket for 6 months, accidentally washed, and then taped Suffocation over. Then played it back on a malfunctioning tape player. It's that fucked sounding. And that great.
REFLEKTIONEN MUSIQUE (AVAILABLE NOW FROM POST REPLICA!!!) Includes the same style of dark ambience without the beats. It's made up of 3 loooooong armageddon-influenced dirges. This is the way the band intended to sound. The live performance(there were very few) sound is captured quite nicely on this release. Depressing, ambient, dark, tranquil, unnerving and chaotic feelings are unearthed from the listener, especially on this release.
Here's what Aquarius Records had to say about REFLEKTIONEN MUSIQUE: "A long look through a dark tunnel into the cloudy past of drone explorationists 5/5/2000, a duo made up of aQ pal Nathan Berliguette, formerly of tech grind outift Creation Is Crucifixion as well as the man responsible for bringing the glorious sounds of the Arboga Teenage Riot to these shores and our ears (and for that we he will never be forgiven, er... I mean forgotten) and Travis Ryan, frontman of gore soaked death metallers Cattle Decapitation and nominee for Sexiest Vegetarian In The World. But none of that really prepares you for the sound of 5/5/2000, named for a rare planetary alignment that was supposed to signal the coming of the Antichrist. Their sounds is not technical, not grind, not metal, instead, these three extended tracks explore different facets of the drone, from soft billowy tranquil ambience to soaring space like shimmer to creaking, corrosive machinelike whir to a thick whirl like the washed out fuzz of a million vacuum cleaners to the out of focus sepia toned drift of soft edged rumble and melancholy instrumental mumble. All three tracks are gorgeous, dense drones thick with swirling reverb, fuzzy tape hiss, and all manner of fragmented melodies and layer after layer of rich warm sound. While supplies last, you'll get the special limited edition version, limited to 100, hand numbered, packaged in an oversized sparkly silver, velcro sealed cardboard sleeve, with three pins affixed to the front. After those are gone it's back to the normal jewel case version..."