seven

Megahertz releases it's sixth tape compilation featuring six new tracks that show more radical directions in experimental electronic genres. originally released around late january 2001, this comp is packaged with an awesome custom MHz mirror and white reversed type cassette.

klangstabil inducts us with charred lo-fi tempos that move along a surface of repeating analog textures sounding like nothing they have done before. haine's track, "fragrant" reminds me of a drunken old mainframe computer that is trying to analyze and compile data, if it communicate with us on an auditory level. ntt switches tempos abysmally down with hazardous and cold resonating patches that lurk in the shadows of high-feedback vocals and barriers of distorted fields on "eternal murder victim."

on side b, conrad schnitzler assaults with dark chords, lo-fi frequencies that work around a basis of broken sound devices and snare drum patches. this track, "00/142-8" almost sounds like an intro piece to something larger. batches track reminds me of something that might be on foton records, working with very minimal bass resonances and mouse-like frequencies. you might need headphones on that one. scott garret closes with "inner robotics" with swelling electroid structures that progress and build upon trance-like assaults and sample textures.

as usual this solid label pushes new directions in sound devices and abstract structures for the open mind.