HR040 - The Haters — Rot — C60 — 1987
REVIEW by Jerry Kranitz
The Haters is the long lived project of veteran homemade music, performance artist, writer and filmmaker GX Jupitter-Larsen. On Rot, The Haters serve up six pieces of thematically rich ambient noise and soundscape collage.
Side A opens with ‘Esta 1’, a noise interpretation of water flowing down a stream. At least that’s what’s popping into my mind’s eye. I like the crackling effect that injects a stilted rhythmic pulse onto the boisterous ooze. ‘Esta 2’ follows a similar theme, but it’s more machine like and the percussive effects sound like a cross between wood block clanging and a drippy faucet. As the piece progresses there’s a light whirring flying saucer oscillation that jars my brain, making for a more interestingly active experience. ‘Esta 4’ goes in a different direction, creating the sensation of sitting in an office building basement, meditating to the ambient pulsating whirl of whatever machinery is heating or cooling, and embellished by lightly crackling radio static.
Side B kicks off with ‘Erna 2’, which conjures up images of being in the middle of a storm at sea, with wind swirling and waves crashing. I doubt there were any survivors. ‘Erna 3’ is pure rhythmically stilted chaos. But it’s chaos with a purpose, creating a steadily rolling collage of static, noise pulses and tones, and crazed piano concerto. Wrapping up the set is ‘Xeen 5’, which sounds like a continuation of ‘Esta 2’. A really nice set of harshly ambient soundtracks.
The Haters is the long lived project of veteran homemade music, performance artist, writer and filmmaker GX Jupitter-Larsen. On Rot, The Haters serve up six pieces of thematically rich ambient noise and soundscape collage.
Side A opens with ‘Esta 1’, a noise interpretation of water flowing down a stream. At least that’s what’s popping into my mind’s eye. I like the crackling effect that injects a stilted rhythmic pulse onto the boisterous ooze. ‘Esta 2’ follows a similar theme, but it’s more machine like and the percussive effects sound like a cross between wood block clanging and a drippy faucet. As the piece progresses there’s a light whirring flying saucer oscillation that jars my brain, making for a more interestingly active experience. ‘Esta 4’ goes in a different direction, creating the sensation of sitting in an office building basement, meditating to the ambient pulsating whirl of whatever machinery is heating or cooling, and embellished by lightly crackling radio static.
Side B kicks off with ‘Erna 2’, which conjures up images of being in the middle of a storm at sea, with wind swirling and waves crashing. I doubt there were any survivors. ‘Erna 3’ is pure rhythmically stilted chaos. But it’s chaos with a purpose, creating a steadily rolling collage of static, noise pulses and tones, and crazed piano concerto. Wrapping up the set is ‘Xeen 5’, which sounds like a continuation of ‘Esta 2’. A really nice set of harshly ambient soundtracks.