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Music Genre: Rock
Music Label: Mobilization
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ages sixteen to eighteen, I had a recurring dream about Armageddon,
standing unafraid as buildings toppled down around me and finally
right on top of me. Preliminary Impact Report, the first disc
from this East Bay experimental art-rock collective, recalls those
images. Comprising ex-Savage Republic guitarist Ethan Port, local
experimental artist Scot Jenerik, and former Chrome Reunion drummer
Aleph Kali, F-Space immediately challenges your ears with a
bass-heavy stereo gurgle -- rooted in the eviscerating atmospherics
of experimental icon Keiji Haino -- accompanied by chugging drums
and mild ambient flourishes. One of the more intriguing textures
layered atop comes from a hollow percussive instrument that
seemingly spits fire when struck.
Within this aural molten mass there are quieter, mellower
sections, carrying the album in waves from one mostly instrumental
piece to the next. But what really stands out is Port's Middle
Eastern-tinged guitar sensibilities, a crucial element of Savage
Republic's seminal ProtoIndustrialPunk sound. Some view PIR
as the statement Savage Republic never made: a vivid portrayal
of destruction, beauty, and simplicity. As stale as instrumental
music's gotten lately, F-Space offers something to look forward to.
Even if it's Armageddon.
| eastbayexpress.com
| originally published: August 4, 2004
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