Spherical Disrupted – Basalt (EP – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro.
Format: Digital, Cassette.
Background/Info: Two years ago Mirko Hentrich celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of his Spherical Disrupted project by the massive release “25” featuring three albums. He for the very first time collaborated with singers. The songs “Basalt” and “Transneptunian Objects” was featured on this album and a few months ago now re-released as EP.
Content: “Basalt “ is featuring TC75 while “Transneptunian Objects” features Darkrad. You’ll find 2 remixes and an instrumental version of each song. “Basalt” sounds a bit EBM-driven but remains pretty minimal-like. One remix was accomplished by Trilogy. “Transneptunian Objects” is more into overwhelming atmospheres although still pretty minimal-driven. One of the remixes has been made by Phasenmensch.
+ + + : This tape is a nice addition to the great “25”-production and for the biggest fans of the project. “Basalt” remains a cool song revealing a rather unfamiliar EBM-touch for Spherical Disrupted. The “Xenocryst”-edit has a pretty cool retro-EBM sound.
The ”Sednoid”-edit of “Transneptunian Objects” is another cool cut for its Industrial sound treatments and ghost-like vocals.
– – – : The original version of “Basalt” but also the remix that was made by Wesenberg (released at “25”) both were more convincing than these EP-edits.
Conclusion: I’d rather see this item as a collector’s item or a little bonus to “25”.
Best songs: “Basalt – Xenocryst Edit”, “Transneptunian Objects – Sednoid”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.disrupted.de / www.facebook.com/sphericaldisrupted
Label: www.audiophob.de / www.facebook.com/audiophob
About Spherical Disrupted
Spherical Disrupted is the solo project of German musician Mirko Hentrich, who also records as Capsular, M-Sigma, Postulate and Sick En For, plays in Experimentum Crucis and co-founded the German label Audiophob. The project started in 1995 with the tape “Zerschellt, zersplittert”.
The music sits between noise, dark ambient and IDM, built from machine noise, field recordings, distorted beats and minimal synth lines. Releases include “Barriere” (2007) and the Audiophob album “Periapsis” (2017).
The 3CD box “25” appeared on Audiophob on 25 December 2020 and marked the project’s twenty-fifth year. It was the first Spherical Disrupted release built around guest vocalists, among them the versions of “Basalt” recorded with TC75 and “Transneptunian Objects” recorded with Darkrad. The “Basalt” EP of 2022 collects those two songs with remixes and instrumental edits. Later that year Hentrich contributed to the Audiophob compilation “Hyperakusis IV“, released on 18 November 2022.
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