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Kniga Skazok
[Ad Noiseam/Season of Mist]
From the very first notes, this record announces which colour it will be from start to end: minimalist ambiences and clicks & cuts. These words immediately evoke the universe of a label like Mille Plateaux, in all cases, much more than children's tales to which Andrey Kiritchenko refers to ("Kniga Skazok" means "book of tales" in Russian). Indeed, we struggle to find a link between this music and some children and narrative flash-back, all the more that the last track fizzles out, like if it was involuntarily garbled, and so we wonder if any story could have begun since there isn't any end to it! But there is undeniably a peculiar atmosphere on this album. Some sounds remind of some already known territories which bring you to some amazing (and musical this time) reminiscences. For instance, Pneumatic/Airless spreads some synthesizer layers that we almost never heard again since The Cocteau Twins... except that instead of the delicate voice of Elizabeth Fraser, we hear here all kind of blips and glitches acompanied by some drones inserted here and there, probably to add a darker and more enigmatic touch to the whole. So, it's totally different from the Scottish band, even if in the end we get a bit the same sensations of appeasement, which is not that bad.
Carole Jay |
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