Sound Collage Oddity: ∆ ˚ ø ¨ ˙ ª - ∆--- (EP)

∆ ˚ ø ¨ ˙ ª: ∆--- 

SCORE: 86/100

For such a massively short sound collage oddity, this is an exceptional example of experimental music and everything it stands for - the songs vary in length, with the final track being under thirty seconds in length, and the bulk of the EP is made up of a nearly five-minute track that consists of various senses of ambience and unique, distorted soundscapes. 

Never in my career did I think I would stumble across anything remotely similar to the tape music of Boyd Rice - but this EP is almost exactly like it, with locked groove-esque samples, chopped and garbled aspects of various pieces of media, and an unnerving sound that is completely infectious and highly interesting. 

The unknown aspects of this project make it even more interesting; who knows where the samples originated, who this artist is, and where they went after this EP? It feels like a musical mystery, and I'm shocked to have found another project like this. 

∆--- is almost eerie, feeling like distant memories played through tapes with various elements of field recordings and garbled, unexpected, and unpredictable samples that feel like a completely drastic memory shift. It's seven minutes of pure distortion, and everything aspect of the project feels like it could never be replicated.

When experimental music pushes the boundaries on what is music and what is simply classified as objects of sound, it is at its best. This is an artistic statement without a word - and it's something that anyone would be lucky to stumble upon.