quoted 6 lines Speaking of OST, he just released a stunning>Speaking of OST, he just released a stunning
>cd on the Dial label called Fashion for Passion.
>It's a terrific 10-tracker of more subtle deep
>dark bassy experimental excursions that would
>appeal to fans of mego, raster, touch, and
>phthalo alike.
while i'm fans of those labels (well, except pthalo, which is just a bit
too noisy for me), one probably shouldn't take the above description to
mean ost's _fashion for passion_ sounds remotely like much of those labels'
output. much of the album is lo-fi ambient with chaotic percussion a bit
further down in the mix. "heavy ambient" was the description ost once used
to approximate his music, and others i've played it for have compared it to
a darker, more minimal orb circa _orbus terrarum_, less in the sounds than
in the arrangements and overall "feel." my own comparison would be
something like a dirtier, stripped down, _heterarchy_-era freeform. in
fact, worm interface is probably the most suitable label to release his
stuff -- it's appropriate he's had tracks on the _disco moonlight_ series,
under the name rook vallard -- so i would recommend _passion for fashion_
to fans of that label's varied output.
quoted 7 lines There is also another new Dial>There is also another new Dial
>cd called Marina that, i believe, is also
>produced by OST. I havent listened it enough
>yet to give a proper opinion though. I can
>recommend however that you pick both Dial
>releases up because they are both excellent
>and limited.
marina is a san francisco-based post-rock/noise "group" (it's a single guy,
actually).
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