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With Cohort Records it’s always a surprise what to expect from a release. While the label sure have a knack for creating odd packagings, the quality of their releases is not always as interesting. The label does however keep on releasing music where weird experiments are highly supported. Now they have a release by Kirchenkampf, though it is officially spelled as 'kirchenkampf', where the emphasis is on dark experimental drones. Kirchenkampf is the experimental ambient project of sound artist John Gore, who also runs Cohort Records.
While some of his work under the Kirchenkampf moniker is more ethereal, like ‘Dark Planet’, this new release is more industrial oriented. Experimental industrial sounds processes to create dark drones. The album consists of 3 very long tracks with a total length of about 75 minutes. Unlike some Cohort releases, I like this one very much. The sound is perhaps more experimental than some of the other releases, and all three segments do have an own distinct sound, which is nice. On the insert card it reads ‘no radios were used’, that was actually not something I was thinking about while listening to this release. However, I listened to it a second time and had to do something elsewhere in my house. Somewhat later for a moment I thought I heard the washing machine working, but could’ve sworn I did not turn it on. As it turned out, it was the first track of this release that had an almost identical washing machine sound when hearing it in the background. This mostly counts for the first track, ‘Deep Dark’, which sounds like the source material was recorded from a washing machine. The second track, ‘Souls Transfixed’, has a more futuristic sound. The sound design is quite cinematic too. The last track, ‘Psyche void’ has some ethereal elements to it, but infused with futuristic industrial drones.
This is the best release I have heard from Cohort Records thus far, and it seems fitting that it comes from John Gore himself. The packaging is again authentic Cohort, where the cd is placed in a hand-made carton sleeve.
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