Nothing But Noise – Mutanten Maschine (CD EP – Nothing But Noise)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, ambient.
Background/Info: Old mates Daniel Bressanutti and Dirk Bergen are back on track unleashing this new work featuring 3 tracks. “Mutanten Maschine” has been originally released on cassette format on Wool-E-Tapes. The band also self-released the album on USB-stick and now brings a CD-version limited to 200 copies. The CD format features one extra song.
Content: Nothing But Noise sounds like an electronic sound laboratory. It covers different influences and is mainly characterized by the deep, vibrating and low sound frequencies, which are like a trademark for Daniel B (and still noticeable in the Front 242 releases).
“Mutanten Maschine” sounds a bit in the line of the album “From Berlin To Brussel”. It’s dark and astral-like, sometimes a little less repetitive and also featuring dreamy-like passages. The songs remain totally instrumental-like; no vocals or spoken samplings featured. Notice by the way the third track is an alternative version from one of the original versions.
+ + + : The deep bass sound remains one of the most noticeable aspects of the work. It sounds a bit like the Daniel B trademark, but Nothing But Noise is much more than this. There’s a nice twist between different sound inputs (mainly analogue-like). It also is a work with a visual appeal.
– – – : The slow progression from the tracks sometimes creates monotonous passages.
Conclusion: Nothing But Noise remains an abyssal sound experience. It has something evasive, but still creating a suffocating effect through its dark approach.
Best songs: “Mutanten Maschine 1”, “Rückmutation”.
Rate: (7½).
Artist: www.nothingbutnoise.one / www.facebook.com/NothingButNoiseProject
Label: www.wool–e–shop.be / www.facebook.com/woolediscs
About Nothing But Noise
Nothing But Noise is an electronic project founded in Belgium in 2012 by Daniel B. (Daniel Bressanutti) together with his former 1981 Front 242 bandmates Dirk Bergen and Erwin Jadot, a separate outlet from Bressanutti’s Daniel B. Prothèse project. The group released a run of limited editions through 2016 to 2018, including the “eXistence Oscillation” trilogy. “Mutanten Maschine” originally appeared on cassette via Wool-E Tapes before this CD edition, limited to 200 copies, added one extra track. Nothing But Noise closed out 2018 with the double album “Formations Magnétiques Et Phénomènes D’incertitude”.
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