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from Sonic Curiosity
written by Matt Howarth
http://www.empire-of-the-claw.com/soniccuriosity/sc040.htm
Matt Howarth links:
Bugtown Mall - Sonic Curiosity
Mollusk Accretions
(CD on the Foundry)
This CD from 2001 features 62 minutes of electronic soundscapes constructed by Malcolm Bly utilizing sampled sounds and field recordings using entirely digital means (except for a single track in collaboration with Jonathan Hughes).
These generally atonal compositions display gritty and seething qualities, tempering their meditative mood with a degree of quasi-emotional agitation. While the source noises are natural, considerable digital manipulation has transformed these sounds until they flow into each other with fluid demeanor, stimulating the human brain with their unearthly qualities. There are passages that defy analysis, resounding like traditional electronic tonalities to produce contemporary comparisons.
Each of these tracks investigate the life and cellular pursuits of mollusks, delving into the oceanic mysteries of barnacles, nautilus, and the evolution of a snail's brain.
For those interested in more of this sort of ambience, there are further tracks waiting to be downloaded at Mollusk's Website.