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  • Black Magazine – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    Das Cover scheint einen auf den Irrweg schicken zu wollen; das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Comic-Stil (und dann auch noch mit einem Hund als Charakter), das hat schnell etwas Niedliches. Bis nicht nur der „Gesichtsausdruck“ des Hundes ins Auge fällt, sondern eben auch der Zustand der Umgebung. Post-Apokalypse irgendwie. Wenn dann noch zu lesen ist,…

  • Babyblauen Seiten – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    Der sich Chvad SB nennende Musiker stammt aus Brooklyn, NY., USA und hat seit 1994 eine umfangreiche Diskographie angesammelt. Darunter sind mehrere im Alleingang aufgenommene Soundtracks sowie Aufnahmen mit experimentellen Projekten, wie z.B. Thing Outside the Skin und Tongue Muzzle. Auf “Crickets were the Compass” widmet sich Chvad SB avantgardistisch angehauchter Musik, die man wohl…

  • Immediacy – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    Though complicated in name, Chvad SB’s Crickets Were the Compass is even moreso in delivery, which is why it’s a long term reward (as is learning the name). Crickets Were the Compass is both the darkest metal and drone, and though it doesn’t rely too heavily on either, the elements are still present enough to…

  • Music Guide to the Galaxy – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    Those of you who read my Gut movie review (here), might remember me saying the music had a sort of a eerie electronic vibe, affordable but haunting. Well good news, Chvad SB (the artist from the Gut soundtrack) has released an album titled “Crickets Were The Compass”. While only having 6 songs it clocks in…

  • Kult Kino – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    In late 2012 I was fortunate enough to receive a screener for an independent horror film called GUT, which turned out to be rather a nifty movie indeed (you can read the review here). One element of the film which stood out was the score, which was pretty minimalist and in my review I used…

  • I Die You Die – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    Often drone music gets tagged as being dispassionate or dissociative, or, if it is taken as communicating emotion, cosmic wonder or unremitting misanthropy are the handiest affective shadings. On Crickets Were The Compass, Chvad SB (of slap-happy industrial rock outfit Things Outside The Skin and work with Controlled Bleeding) brings a rare sense of frailty…