Cassette Review // Ben Brown & Stefan Christoff "In Duet" (New Motion)
https://newmotion.bandcamp.com/album/in-duet Isolated piano keys and the sounds of everything crashing down around them begin this cassette. There is a scraping, but it's almost like a scratching and then it turns into a banging. This very much feels like someone just playing this beautiful classical song while the entire world falls apart around them. The piano notes get higher as the percussion begins rolling. This sound feels like an awakening. The percussion feels like sticks breaking now but it takes on a rhythm which feels like it has become hypnotic. The way that these notes come through it can sound as if they are singing. Such a distinct pattern, as if to tell the story of the chaos surrounding it. This is the sound I want people to hear when they think instrumental music is borning and when they think that a sound has to be "metal" or "hardcore" to take on the feeling of destruction. ...
