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Black Ring Rituals Records from North Dakota brings us this split featuring Manchester Bulge and Piss Enema. Manchester Bulge’s side of this split is a single piece (perhaps a live set?) that maintains a consistent yet dynamic flow throughout. It’s an enjoyable wash of sound, frequently rhythmic, evoking something like a War of the Worlds oscillator assault. Pulsing electronics and whooshing feedback whirl together to form a buzzing, robotic whole. There are intermittent bursts of harsher sound (seemingly distorted and looped samples?) that provide nice punctuation to the sweeping backdrop of the oscillator hum.
Piss Enema’s contribution to the split is a bit more anxious sonically. Electronics sputter along and piercing, high-frequency tones weave in and out. This side of the tape has a grittier quality than the other. The textures are chaotic and menacing, like the internal churning of some post-industrial machinery complex. Both sides are solid noise sets though and worth a listen.
https://blackringrituals.bandcamp.com/album/manchester-bulge-piss-enema-split
--P. Karras
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