Surachai – Come, Deathless (Vinyl Album – Bl_k Noise)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, minimal-electronics, IDM.
Background/Info: American project Surachai is back on track. Surachai Sutthisasanakul has released an impressive number of productions over the past 10 years and is now back again with this double vinyl album featuring 12 tracks.
Content: Surachai has used to bring us a much diversified canvas of sounds and noises. “Come, Deathless” holds onto this tradition and moves from pure experimentalism and improvisation towards more structured passages revealing elements of dark-electronics & industrial plus IDM. From cold and freaky parts to a total sonic chaos, this work also covers minimal compositions.
+ + + : I like the dark aspect of the work, which is supporting all of the tracks. This atmosphere definitely appears to be the common element between all cuts. I also enjoyed the more sophisticated approach of some tracks, featuring IDM elements. The analogue sound treatments remain part of this project’s magic.
– – – : The Surachai releases I’ve heard always feature their part of experimentalism and that’s not exactly the side of the project I prefer.
Conclusion: Surachai remains an intriguing project mixing different- although related music genres together. It’s a bit enigmatic, but always fascinating.
Best songs: “Deciphering Whispers From Wind”, “Splinters And Thvrst”, “Leaning Into Pain”, “Articulation Of A Dead Tongue”.
Rate: (7½).
Artist: www.facebook.com/SurachaiMusic
Label: http://blknoise.com / www.facebook.com/blknoise
About Surachai
Surachai is the recording name of Chicago, USA-based musician and engineer Surachai Sutthisasanakul, active across experimental electronic, industrial, dark ambient, IDM and breakcore styles since the 2000s. MRI Associated Labels released his album “To No Avail” in 2011, the same year Cross Talk International co-released “Plague Diagram”; he later contributed electronics to Nachtmystium’s “Silencing Machine” (2012) and featured on “Skills” (2022) alongside Sven Helbig and the Mondëna Quartet. “Come, Deathless” is released on vinyl through Bl_k Noise.
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