There is a paradox to the music compiled here. Overwhelming and sedating. Repetition Repetition is certainly Onomatopoeia-like. Self-designated as the “two-man electric minimalist band,” they deliver on their group name. Patterns weave around one another in endless streams of noted dissonance. A stark crow’s nest neatly resting on a slightly bending branch. I was mostly unaware of this music until I stumbled onto this compilation, Fit for Consequences, recorded in Los Angeles (where I reside) between 1984 and 1987 but finally receiving new tribute through release this year. I hear so much of this city in this music. The side of Los Angeles that reveals itself between 10 PM and 4 AM. Warehouses and freight train depots in hazy air, traffic lights reflected in glass. It’s music that could’ve only been made in a time where the crushing economics of this modern world were still faintly years away. Homemade, employing the do-it-yourself spirit and consumer grade electronics. A mix of gorgeous high and low. It also predates a lot of what I hear in modern music, pop-and otherwise.
I’m sad to say I haven’t spent much remarkable time with many records released this year, but I’m pleased that this is one of the very few. I would feel safe in recommending this music to you.
Coffin Prick's Loose Enchantment is out now on Temporal Drift.
