Cavern Of Anti-Matter - Void
Beats / Invocation Trex (Duophonic
Records)
LP / CD / DL
19 February 2016
8 / 10
Experimental
electronic trio release debut album.
Early impressions
of Void Beats/Invocation Trex may lead you to believe that Cavern Of
Anti-Matter are the modern version of Mike Oldfield and Tubular Bells. Comparisons are maybe valid to a point, and
with the addition of those enthralling BBC Radiophonic Workshop albums from the
60s and 70s may give an inkling as to where the trio’s sound lies.
With
fans ranging from Pharrell Williams to Blur, ex Stereolab members Tim Gane and
Joe Dilworth have joined forces with techno wizard Holger Zapf on a seventy-two-minute
electronic journey through prog, pop and experimental. Largely instrumental, the album concentrates
on multi layering which is often busy and completely entertaining. Hi-Hats Bring The Hiss races away from the
beginning with a near drum n bass sound and added blips and beeps along the
way.
With a
guest appearance from Deerhunters Bradford Cox on Liquid Gate comes a vocalised
track which is addictive from the first few notes with deep bass lines and
dance orientated roots maybe with hints of Chemical Brothers its two minutes of
fast electro pop which leaves an indelible mark over its short length.
Short
tracks aren’t something that Cavern Of Anti Matter dwell on. With several tracks approaching the ten-minute
mark it’s not an album for short fixes, indeed if anything it needs to be
listened to as a full piece rather than broken into individual tracks.
Planetary
Folklore sees album producer Sonic Boom (formerly of Spacemen 3) take to the
mic guesting on the krautrock inspired journey and Jan St Werner (Mouse On
Mars) contributes what is simply termed as ‘sound processing. This isn’t throwaway music, it’s electro for
the thinking man (or woman), it intertwines sounds and textures around past,
present and future themes. Echolalia
sounds like it could have come straight from the 80s.
Void
Beat continues a locomotive type beat that seems present throughout and album
closer the delicate Zone Null meanders from piano based beginnings to a simple
but effective end and a largely entertaining album fades away from whence it
came.
Links
Cavern Of Anti-Matter website
Cavern Of Anti-Matter on Facebook
Jan St Werner
Published on Louder Than War 14/02/16 - here
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