I’m going to suggest you set aside some time if you’re
into manipulated and deconstructed field recordings, because Amaxophilia: Or Field Recordings for
Strangers by Actualhell is literally 180 minutes of that. This 2xCS on
recycled cassette tape (Lillian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who Saw Stars, read by George Guidall) is a nightmare of
source material from all over the damn place and in physical states of all
sorts. “Actualhell” may be the most apt artist designation for this kind of
material, because this may indeed be an approximation of the sound of (or the
actual result of sending a microphone down somehow into), ahem, actual hell. Not that it’s not weird or
not fascinating, because it is – you just have to be in the mood for it, or
into it all the time. Plus, there’s a lot of it. So maybe if you’re into it all
the time you’re good? Also, there may only be one copy of this that exists, so …
https://actualhell.bandcamp.com/
https://gayhippievampire.bandcamp.com
--Ryan
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