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Blood Rhythms – The Universe Spilling Out Of A Spider’s Bowels (Album – No Part Of It)

Inferno Sound Diaries — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 19:30:00 +0000

Genre/Influences: Noise, Ambient, Experimental, Industrial.

Format: Digital, CDR.

Background/Info: Arvo Zylo aka Blood Rhythms has been very prolific in 2020, having released several productions on his own label No Part Of It. This work features seven new tracks for which Arvo Zylo got the help from a few contributors.

Content: Blood Rhythms in a way is the ambassador of the label, the sound being characterized by endless, harsh noise-driven loops, but still featuring other influences such as Ambient, Industrial and Experimental. This is exactly what this opus brings to the listener. From disturbing sound atmospheres to heavier Noise outbursts, the tracks are mainly long duration –even moving over 20 minutes, like bringing the fans into a state of trance. I also noticed a short track, which sounds like an intro for the cut coming next.

+ + + : The way of composing the sound remains similar to other releases; there always is this taste of using similar sequences, but the diversity of the influences make the work always interesting. I especially like the tormenting and monotone sound waves running through “Nookleptia” and “Subterranean Holiness”. I however have to admit the harder “Flaming Wound” is my favorite one for the total climax in the final part of the cut.

– – – : Why must some tracks be that long when there’s less diversity? I have to admit I’m often losing the focus when a work is repetitive and getting you this endless feeling. “Wheel Of Anguish” is the perfect illustration of this sonic monotony.

Conclusion: Even if Blood Rhythms is sometimes too recurring it always creates some commotion during the listening.

Best songs: “Flaming Wound”, “Nookleptia”, “Subterranean Holiness”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100014020501547

Label: www.nopartofit.com / www.facebook.com/nopartofit

About Blood Rhythms

Blood Rhythms is a revolving-door recording moniker for Arvo Zylo, the Chicago-based sound artist who has run the private label NO PART OF IT since 2008 and formerly hosted the Delirious Insomniac Freeform Radio Show. Zylo released Blood Rhythms’ “Civil War” on NO PART OF IT in May 2020, followed by “Zerrissenheit” in December 2020, before “The Universe Spilling Out Of A Spider’s Bowels” closed out the label’s busy year.

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Blood Rhythms – Zerrissenheit (Album – No Part Of It)

Inferno Sound Diaries — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:30:00 +0000

Genre/Influences: Experimental, Noise, Ambient, Abstract.

Format: Digital, CDR.

Background/Info: Arvo Zylo aka ‘Mister Fuckhead’ is running No Part Of It where he releases most of his works. The American noise operator now strikes back (again) under the Blood Rhythms moniker. The specificity of this work is that ArvoZylo played on John Cage’s first prepared piano! He also got a helping hand from Dave Phillips, Bruce Lamont and Blake DeGraw (The Colour Out Of Space).

Content: You easily can recognize Blood Rhythms by the use of repetitive loops, which are mixing elements of Noise. Some of the tracks are pretty long and not really into variation or progression, but it creates a dark and tormented work. Some passages have something Cinematographic like while the saxophone played by Bruce Lamont has something alien-like. You clearly can hear the piano –especially at the fourth track, which has been transposed into a loop as well.

+ + + : What I like the most at the work of this artist is the diversity of the influences although the sound procedure is quite similar the entire album long. Everything has been put into loops, creating an endless sensation. Different kinds of sonic manipulations have been used; from field recordings to the use of saxophone, which isn’t exactly an element I expected, but it’s an original approach of experimenting with Noise. My favorite track is the last one, which creates a horror-like sphere as if announcing a nearby disaster.

– – – : As I already mentioned for some previous releases, this work is meant to please a very restricted number of music lovers; for so far we can consider Blood Rhythms as ‘music’ in the classical sense of the meaning.

Conclusion: Blood Rhythms is not exactly the kind of project that has been set up to make people happy after a stressed day; this is a perverted sonic exposure, which gets my support!

Best songs: “Zerrissenheit 7”, “Zerrissenheit 3”, “Zerrissenheit 5”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100014020501547

Label: www.nopartofit.com / www.facebook.com/nopartofit

About Blood Rhythms

Blood Rhythms is a revolving-door recording moniker for Arvo Zylo, the Chicago-based sound artist who has run the private label NO PART OF IT since 2008. Zylo released Blood Rhythms’ “Civil War” on NO PART OF IT in May 2020; “Zerrissenheit” followed in December 2020, ahead of “The Universe Spilling Out Of A Spider’s Bowels” later that same month.

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Blood Rhythms – Civil War (Album – No Part Of It)

Inferno Sound Diaries — Tue, 05 May 2020 18:30:59 +0000

Genre/Influences: Power-electronics, death-industrial, experimental, industrial, noise.

Format: Digital, Vinyl.

Background/Info: Blood Rhythms is driven by American artist Arvo Zylo. Blood Rhythms is meant as ‘an ongoing and constantly morphing collective’. “Civil War” was released by the end of 2019, but the work was conceived over the past ten years and features numerous guests.

Content: “Civil War” mainly sounds like a rough sonic collage. It all sounds like an improvisation, but with an explicit passion for sound manipulations and noises. The A side is the hardest one, creating an imaginary sonic bridge between different music genres. Heavy noises and vocal effects have been merged together creating a tormenting experience. The B-side is more industrial-driven.

+ + + : What I first noticed is the outstanding, artistic work of this vinyl. It reflects the disturbing sensation of the music by the illustrations. And I here especially recommend the booklet where Arvo Zylo collaborated with a great artist (even featuring a taxidermist). Sound-wise this is the kind of production appealing to lovers of extreme sonic sensation. It’s minimal and often on the edge of being too extreme. It somewhere remains accessible. I personally prefer the tracks from the B-side, which have something more ‘industrial’-like. “The Face” appears to me as the ultimate cut featuring commanding vocals and noticeable sound effects.

– – – : You really have to be familiar with minimal- and extreme sonic experiments to like this work. It’s not exactly the most accessible listening.

Conclusion: This is a brain-damaging sonic experiment illustrated by brilliant artwork!

Best songs: “The Face”, “Paris Window”, “Locked Away”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www .facebook .com /profile .php ?id =100014020501547

Label: www .nopartofit .com / www .facebook .com /nopartofit

About Blood Rhythms

Blood Rhythms is a revolving-door collaborative moniker for American artist Arvo Zylo, its only permanent member. Earlier releases include the albums “Assembly” (2015) and “Heuristics” (2016), and “Phantom Apotemnophile” the same year as “Civil War” (2019). Zylo continued the project into the following years with releases including “Rote” and “Zerrissenheit” (2020) and “Gone.” (2021).

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