— out of 5

Label: Auris Apothecary

Produced by: Unholy Triforce (?)

Another day, another unrateable Unholy Triforce release.

For the unawares, UT are – from the few tracks I’ve actually been able to listen to – a noise project which specializes in, partnered up with label Auris Apothecary, packaging their productions in “anti” packaging, which is a method that requires actually recording the music, then presenting it in an unlistenable format. ‘Why?’ some, many, might ask, and yeah, this bumps the stuff more or at least partially into art territory, but I dunno what to tell you – either this is of interest or it isn’t, and if you’re exploring the generally noisy landscape of the Auris label, maybe you’re in the former group. If you’ve wound up here by curiosity, I guess that’s part of why I’m adding these “reviews,” to document that there are people out here buying this stuff. Though that doesn’t answer ‘Why?’ directly, I do like that these kinds of things make me ask that same question – as I ponder this curio in my hands: a “physically imperfect replica of a phonograph record cast in resin,” made one at a time. You can drill a center hole into the product (there’s not one there for you, natch – it was cast in resin, you silly person), and attempt to put a record needle to it… but no guarantees.

And that’s kind of a bummer this time, because the contents do sound at least interesting: layers and layers of Bach’s Goldberg Variations played on top of one another, a kind of ages-old experiment where the merging of multiple multiple multiple copies of something eventually produces a new-ish tone or melody.

But, no, I’m not attempting a listen of this thing, so instead, it’ll go next to my other glitter-covered, shattered, and / or nail-pierced Unholy Triforce items.