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"ODRZ07" contains 8 tracks with a run time of about 49 minutes meaning most tracks are in the 4 to 5 minutes range with a few 9 minute epics to flesh out the remainder. Like other ODRZ, this is a noise based effort with plenty of old school experimental / industrial flavour mixed in with a DIY lo-fi aesthetic. It's generally not that overt but guitar is used as one of the main sound sources here according to the notes however the amount of effects based deconstrucion going on means that it might as well have been a Ceasar salad plugged into the amp for the amount of recognizability that is left. What is more obvious is the use of mic feedback which is all but constant on some tracks, wiggling about like half a worm in your apple (or in this case, your ear hole).
My main complaint with previous ODRZ material that has hit my virtual desk has been the periodic head in anus self-absorbtion where a little bit of minor noodling gets stretched out to be way too long and so becomes tiresome for everyone other than the instigator. Except when the feedback starts to do the tinfoil thing to my fillings on the third track I don't sense the same sort of creative lethargy here which is a definite improvement. There is no shortage of monotony mind you but it's almost always hypnotic and relentless instead of leaving the listener feeling like they are having their lifeforce sapped, standing in line watching the clock tick backwards.
Immediate comparisons would be to Rotten Piece if they were used as paint to draw center lines on the road to the effects unit. Due to the ashen pallette it also has a little bit of Mandragora freak about it but it's much colder overall and I definitely feel more like I am looking at the prismatic oily colours in an effluent outpour as opposed to reacting badly to the funny mushrooms from the front yard I should not have eaten. My fave moments come when things get all nasty, the borderline death industrial skree of the fourth track especially but there is enough variety here to keep me interested all the way through. This is far tighter than what I have come to expect from this Italian act and most definitely my favourite ODRRZ release by far. Just hope your copy doesn't get blown up by customs before it gets to you.
