Album Review
Helm “Axis” [Dais]
atavist 11/1/2022 A Library
Glitchy electronics and sampled acoustic sounds, twittering, quivering. Lots of smoky gauzy echoing sounds adrift in the mist, offset by start/stop drumbeats. Dreamy, atmospheric passages, as in track 3, “Crash”. Half-drowsy, half-anxious loops. Clangy percussive elements appear, borderline industrial, but never overwhelm the mix, maintaining the uneasy sleep. The last two tracks are a bit longer and ratchet the uneasiness, just so. Helm is Luke Younger, who grew up in East London listening to pirate radio, recording sounds of all kinds with a basic tape recorder, and gravitating towards electronic music. He’s been fairly prolific since ~2008, and this is the fifth Helm addition to the library.
you heard it 21 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 2 days ago, Mitch LeMay played Moskito
- 7 days ago, Beast of Bourbon played Tower
- 30 days ago, Bryan Chandler played Mole
- 30 days ago, Mitch LeMay played Crash
- 30 days ago, Lurker played Axis
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