Last Gang (label)
02 August 2010 (released)
15 August 2010
It has taken a while for me to make any kind of decision about Huoratron and their brutal electronic.
There is nothing here that is remotely comfortable or easy to listen to and for most of this 40 minute not-quite-an-album I found myself wishing that the intensity would let up for a few moments.
The last time I felt this discomfited was after listening to the whole of Lou Reed’s ‘Metal Machine Music’ and in many respects this has trhe same non-music approach. However, that is probably the intention of the artist Aku Raski, a Finnish experimentalist and noisenik,
The beats are inbsistent and overpowering and hit you almost without let-up from the beginning of ‘Corporate Occult’ to the last knockings of ‘Trolls’.
Do not approach this EP lightly – it is dark and brooding and it left me with a feeling of real disquiet.
A short video has been produced to accompany the release – http://www.vimeo.com/11986796 - it does contain disturbing images so please approach with care.