The fourth release on Mr Williams and Mr Balcombes label (this being
the third audio release). Lets dip into the QY world once again.....
"Powys Quoits" begins with a melodic dreamlike crinkle
and is then pounced on by a springy crunch beat with glowing red
eyes and a mouth that is dripping pixilated saliva. Scuffing beats
and slices of autumn drop from the sky like feathers whilst sparkling
spheres coated in glitter and tiny batteries pulse themselves
into oblivion in a never ending cycle of new and old technology.
"Miniature cockroach cab" sends out a stream of reclaimed
audio directly into your path, and tops it all off with a speed
beat of junctions and power pill ejections. This is one that the
robots can’t even robot along to, its flick crazy and full of
tessellating tiles of colour and light which just love to display
hidden messages. Mad stuff.
"Carrageenan" releases more mumbles of society into
your mind, and unleashes the graphic engine in your mind to visualize
what you are hearing. It’s not long until a chalky beat is released
and accompanied by another melodic message which reminds you of
something which you can never remember. Clinky, beepy and thud
perfect track. "Clos pen Glin2" grinds it from the start
with the thickest cloudwall crunch explosion beat allowed on the
earth. A spooky but charming melody cuts itself out of the darkness
and skips around like a drunken sparkler on bonfire night, as
vocal pulses hand in hand with laser strikes dropping perfectly
shaped pebbles of imagination directly into your square glass
of orange juice. Stunning track, I love it.
"The wash pool" drops a booming plod beat that bounces
right off the back of your skull and jettisons out of the corners
of your eyes like tiny parallax fountains. Crystal clear droplets
of perfectly smooth compression drop from up high and dissapear
into the dark marble like floor below, leaving remnant like shards
of creation littering the floor. Thudcoolness.
"Bob bringhams gold chariot" is here and ready to race.
Massive structural chords fold into themselves as the track begins
and begin to create beautiful intricate patterns in the green
daylight. Hovering in the sky, this fresh construction gathers
sounds and messages which pass through the galaxy, as they settle
and gather in small indentations on the surface. These pools of
intelligence then slowly drip from up high down to the gathering
robot hoards below. This one drops you squarely on the surface
of Mars with a biro and a sketchpad and let your mind take off.
Quinoline Yellow has a sound completely to himself; it's a sound
of exploration, playful imagination and expanding technology all
melded into one. 'Colour Index 47005' continues the QY mission
and again drops us into a colourful and bulbous world where audio
is melted and distorted into perfectly sized parcels for us all
to consume, its lunchtime, and imp always hungry.
More excellent by Quinoline, it’s all good.
Sam