NIHIL COMMUNICATION - We are violent (Edgetone)

One of the things that the world wouldn't ever expect: a dark ambient CD on Edgetone, whose habitual aesthetic surely does not privilege static views and explorations of black holes. Yet here we are with an obscure creation by Andre Custodio, deus ex machina behind Nihil Communication, who released six tracks deriving from synths, percussion and digital effects (extremely long reverberations are at the basis of the whole) and, as a "soloist", a T-Rodimba invented by instrument builder Tom Nunn (check my review of his "Identity" on this same label to understand what we're on about). Depending on how you listen to this music, the outcome is different: via headphones, the huge wall of low frequencies and distant calls will squeeze the skull and put the auricular membranes in a state of complete saturation, the T-Rodimba crying from faraway galaxies like a l ost astronaut. The best results came with an "installation" setting in the early hours of the day: moderate volume, silence broken only by the morning birds outside the windows, the shadow game begins. And it's often quite satisfying. Don't be surprised if you're a Lustmord fan and happen to enjoy this, too - very much.