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On the Shelf 192: Martin Rev
Dec. 8th, 2017 07:36 amWhile the world justifiably mourns Alan Vega and celebrates his final disc, Martin Rev releases his first new music in seven years with Demolition 9.
Demolition 9 is an interesting album collecting 34 pieces of music- some fully realized at 3 minutes, others snippets at 30 seconds. There's songs that are neoclasical, others could be classified as industrial noise, and there's everything else in between, with funk, no wave, even nods back to 50s rock. Mostly all instrumental, though some vocal is on it.
For some that may be frustrating, but for me, it makes for an interesting concept. I am not usually a fan of instrumental work for straight listening, but it's too good to ignore. To me, it's music that really captures my ear much like what JG Thirlwell has been doing (If I expand my thinking, there's probably a few more bands that come to mind over the years like Chrome, but this is a very specific crowd).
Anyway, I really kind of dig this clash of styles, and again, I would probably say ignore it if it wasn't so dang good.
Demolition 9 is an interesting album collecting 34 pieces of music- some fully realized at 3 minutes, others snippets at 30 seconds. There's songs that are neoclasical, others could be classified as industrial noise, and there's everything else in between, with funk, no wave, even nods back to 50s rock. Mostly all instrumental, though some vocal is on it.
For some that may be frustrating, but for me, it makes for an interesting concept. I am not usually a fan of instrumental work for straight listening, but it's too good to ignore. To me, it's music that really captures my ear much like what JG Thirlwell has been doing (If I expand my thinking, there's probably a few more bands that come to mind over the years like Chrome, but this is a very specific crowd).
Anyway, I really kind of dig this clash of styles, and again, I would probably say ignore it if it wasn't so dang good.
