HR175 - PBK / City Of Worms / Hudak / Illusion Of Safety - Step Into The Step - C46 — 1990
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Review by Jerry Kranitz
Step Into The Step was a four-way collaboration between veterans of the homemade music network: PBK (Phillip B. Klingler), City Of Worms (Jeph Jerman), John Hudak, and Illusion Of Safety (Dan Burke). PBK (drones), City Of Worms (SK-1 keyboard), and John Hudak (‘concrete’) submitted their raw audio morsels to Dan, who added his own samples and then collaged and sampled the lot to create the music heard on this tape.
We’ve got six very different (untitled) tracks. The fun begins with minimal soundscapes that conjure up images of a barren, windswept landscape, before abruptly shifting to a jumble of clatter and noise that has a staggered but grooving rhythmic flow. Next we’re treated to a darkly symphonic musical theme against a chuga-chuga locomotive pulse. This is followed by a party time industrial tribal hootenanny, embellished with an array of voices, percussion and effects. The fourth track is a cavernously orchestral soundscape symphony, with subtle thematic twists and turns. Next we get a percussion dominated ritual ceremony accompanied by an icily searing, soundscape wave. And wrapping up the set is an aggressively grooving music/soundscape/beats blend that’s like Kraftwerk as an industrial band.
Kudos to Dan for morphing, mixing and assembling the components into a fun and interesting listening experience.
Step Into The Step was a four-way collaboration between veterans of the homemade music network: PBK (Phillip B. Klingler), City Of Worms (Jeph Jerman), John Hudak, and Illusion Of Safety (Dan Burke). PBK (drones), City Of Worms (SK-1 keyboard), and John Hudak (‘concrete’) submitted their raw audio morsels to Dan, who added his own samples and then collaged and sampled the lot to create the music heard on this tape.
We’ve got six very different (untitled) tracks. The fun begins with minimal soundscapes that conjure up images of a barren, windswept landscape, before abruptly shifting to a jumble of clatter and noise that has a staggered but grooving rhythmic flow. Next we’re treated to a darkly symphonic musical theme against a chuga-chuga locomotive pulse. This is followed by a party time industrial tribal hootenanny, embellished with an array of voices, percussion and effects. The fourth track is a cavernously orchestral soundscape symphony, with subtle thematic twists and turns. Next we get a percussion dominated ritual ceremony accompanied by an icily searing, soundscape wave. And wrapping up the set is an aggressively grooving music/soundscape/beats blend that’s like Kraftwerk as an industrial band.
Kudos to Dan for morphing, mixing and assembling the components into a fun and interesting listening experience.