Album Review
Mortal Vision – “Nacht Musik” – [Urashima]
lexi glass 4/30/2019 12-inch, A Library
For three decades, Hiroshi Hasegawa has pursued sonic chaos in many forms: the improvised madness of C.C.C.C. with his (now ex-) wife Mayuko Hino, the psychedelic synthcraft of Astro, and several other radical projects. In the early 90s, Hasegawa pursued a different kind of noise with his solo project Mortal Vision, releasing a few works under this name, including 1992’s Nacht Musik, originally released on cassette on Aube’s label G.R.O.S.S. In 2016, the Italian noise label Urashima reissued the tracks from that tape on this all-black-everything LP. Mortal Vision stands out from Hasegawa’s work – and the entire early 90s noise scene – for its focus entirely on the sounds of heavily treated electric guitar. Heavy feedback sputters and spirals, waves of distortion shift from soft to shredded, complex patterns converge to single point, a long-held note. Despite the source instrument, not a trace of rock, punk or any wave of music at all can be detected in these singular dark visions.
you heard it 15 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 769 days ago, SCUMFORTABLYSUCCUMB played Side a
- 1160 days ago, Lurker played Side B
- 1440 days ago, Billie Joe Tolliver played Side B
- 1444 days ago, Reject Girl played Side a
- 1445 days ago, Teachers Pet played Side B
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