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1. Site
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vhf#20 Richard Youngs/Matthew Bower Site/Realm LP
Someday, the meeting that occurred between these two guitarists will be legendary. For
now, it's only available on the archaic 12" LP format. Matthew Bower has been carving
great big swaths of sound into the collective unconscious of hundreds of young people for
over a decade. His work with Skullflower, Total, Sunroof!, etc ranks as some of the most memorable and
durable (not to mention enjoyable) of the "noise" era. Richard, on his own and
with assorted collaborators, has been busy issuing creative and personal missives from a
practically unknown and unexplored corner of the universe of sound. The music on this
thing is two side long tracks for electric guitars. "Site" bakes the listener
with radioactive waves of high pitched and droning feedback. After a few minutes, a zen
like peace emerges from the noise, causing the listener to fall into a deep trance which
induces thoughts of flowers and birds and peace and stuff. "Realm" works a
slightly less dense tangent on the two guitars as atom-splitters formular, but still
manages to throw off all sorts of sparks. As if all of that bragging about the music
wasn't enough, the record comes housed in a beautiful fold-out jacket, lovingly hand
screened and assembled by Charlestown MA's Kristin Anderson. You know her work from various Poon Village releases, I'll bet. 2 tracks, about 50 minutes. SOLD OUT
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