/Electronic, Experimentalism, Drone
rock, Krautrock, Alternative dance, Acid rock, Illbient, Leftfield pop, Minimalism/
Comment:
Hanetration, the London-based combo is back again with brand new issue Waldsterben (as much as I have learned
German and already forgot much of it this probably does mean “death (process)
of the forest” which has been a very serious problem in Germanic countries while
the civilization has been established for long ago. Indeed, where is the right
for human being to annihilate something which is being highly blissful enough to
elevate our souls? Indeed, as Elias Canetti has wrote once the forest is a cathedral
replete with trees like pillars towering and constituting something very
special. By my opinion, the forest is an environment where the human being can
feel himself/herself to be a part of the Divine plan. By listening to Waldsterben one might say the project
is dead aesthetically. Indeed, the suicide is being committed to get a chance
to resurrect again. Their previous album Acid
Reflux EP was a gorgeous drift between post-industrial tendencies, drone
music and chamber music touch. This time Hanetration`s brand new one chimes
like a poppy yet alternative music bound one saturated with catchy rhythms and
having a more superficial appeal. Only the ending piece Aurora is something about the project`s previous tradition taking
on buried rhythms and ominous drones while providing incessantly minimal
changes throughout the course. Friction
is an example of how Hanetration has bent its course into a fabulous droning
acid rock template while ringing truly majestic due to cathedral organ sounds
above. Impulse is something which
obviously gets inspiration from motorik/krautrock tradition because of coming
together at a junction of an iterative bass chord and slightly buried drum sounds
thereby most notably reminding of NEU!`s trademark. In a word, it might be it
is the transmissive/opposite issue by the project, however, trying to
understand the artist`s intention one should perceive the artist`s discography
similarly to a meandering pathway of being comprised of bigger and smaller
curves and dodges and incorporations. In the absolute scale of sonic creation,
however, it is an outstanding issue for sure.
