Rapoon & Census Of Hallucinations - Industrial Exchange - Remastered
A compelling collaboration. Nothing less than a multi-dimensional concoction of ethereal soundscapes, bordering on the avant-garde. Unconditionally guaranteed to provide the listener with access to realms hitherto unchartered. A formidable experience without question.
Rapoon/Census Of Hallucinations - Industrial Exchange
The underground music scene is a wonderful place for numerous reasons, one of which is that the unlikeliest of collaborations needn't come as a surprise to anyone. Robin Storey was a founding member of Zoviet France (1980-1992), and since 1992 has been recording under the Rapoon moniker. Census of Hallucinations, who regular Aural
Innovations readers will know, are the space-psych-progressive song maestros headed up by Tim Jones & Terri~B of Stone Premonitions. The music on Industrial Exchange will be more of a surprise for Census of Hallucinations than Rapoon fans. Robin took existing Census of Hallucinations songs and did his sonic manipulations on them to create a very nice set of ambient/sound-art/experimental excursions.
Among the pieces that caught my attention are the title track, which conjures up images of being out at sea on a dark foggy night. I like the repetitive pattern to which Robin adds foghorn like blasts and vocal bits (I think they're voices?), and a nifty noisy ending.
"Alien Drill Regenerator" is like a groove tune designed for a factory setting. "If At First You Don't Succeed" is the most overtly groove oriented track on the album, this one being a full blown avant-dance tune. At over 11 minutes, "Amalgatron" is the longest track of the set and one of the instances where I thought I could detect the original Census of Hallucinations samples, in this case Terri~B's voice, which Robin skillfully incorporates into a multi-layered voice, rhythmic pulse, guitar and noise/sound blend. LOTS going on here and a track that reveals something new with each subsequent listen.
Ditto for "Eyeing the Third", which has a sort of avant-garde Enya vibe. "Pollutician" is certainly recognizable for Tim's "I am a politician" cry from the Census of Hallucinations song, "Lie Again". And I could hear Tim's distinctive guitar licks on "Slide Rule Calculation", which goes very nicely with Robin's sound manipulations. Overall, an enjoyable set and a very interesting listen, especially given the nature of the collaboration.
(Reviewed by Jerry Kranitz - Aural Innovations, Issue #38, January 2008)
Rapoon/Census Of Hallucinations - "Industrial Exchange"
Rapoon is a project by Zoviet France founder-member Robin Storey producing experimental ambient music. Rapoon’s music has been released for example on Soleilmoon Records. Now he has co-operated with Census of Hallucinations and the result is a very hypnotic, floating sonic mass. Fans of Steven Wilson’s Bass Communion
will for sure like this. The album has ten tracks that, as far as I can see, are based on recordings of Census of Hallucinations. The music has been manipulated and treated in a manner that makes it totally un-recognisable for most of the time, any way. Robin has just added some piano. I have often put this disc on while going to sleep, and awaken at some point in the borderline of sleep and wake-state to wonder what is going on. This is very strange, minimal, floating and slowly, if at all, progressing stuff that includes weird loops.
The first track “Art Beat” sounds a bit like waves of the sea but there is also some small- scale tingle. “Sensing the Sixth” includes piano and little bit of something else. The title track of the album has quiet rhythm and something weird, the end dissolves into psychedelic mesh. The longest number “Amalgatron” includes vocal echoes, warped guitar, some rhythm and noise. A rather psychedelic piece! You can actually make some sense from the original piece on the track ”Provide What We Really Need”. A really hallucinatory number to make you see patterns… “Eyeing the Third” is soft, echoed soundscape. I will also mention the really psychedelic “Pollutician” that has been made by adding all kinds of bits on top of loop. This is strange, mesmerising stuff.
(Reviewed by DJ Astro)
Rapoon/Census Of Hallucinations - "Industrial Exchange"
Happy to say Census collab is great. I recommend whacking vol. up as far as you can for 1st tk.,7 mns. Starts inaudible & builds into the most magnificent, beautiful wash-truly a highlight in the whole catalog. The kind of tk. I could take 80, or 160 mns of, you don't want it to end really. It's only the next tk. that has the piano really, it and the last, feat.gtr(!), are the "weaker" tks. on the cd imv. The rest, bloody good, v.loopy again, all in all v.possibly better than RF2. A welcome surprise. R was being somewhat perverse in his description seems to me.
I'm told this is in fact the collab mentioned over 2 yrs ago, in article I posted a link to, now dead. That no motherfuck ever read anyway. I'm v.glad it's finally come out & can highly recommend-especially being half price. It deserves a "proper" cover but at that price & that quality who cares. For sure the best collab since Hank & Nail. That was 2 cd's coming in 6 days. Great, that';s what y want, bring'em on!
Ah yes-that opener, sounds like a combination of Blue Communion, I think, from Church Rd., and one of the later, non-industrial tks. on no less than the magnificent towering achievement that was "Fires". In Sergio's words, & Mr.Storey has done it again!!
(Reviewed by a Rapoon fan on one of Rapoon’s forums)
A compelling collaboration. Nothing less than a multi-dimensional concoction of ethereal soundscapes, bordering on the avant-garde. Unconditionally guaranteed to provide the listener with access to realms hitherto unchartered. A formidable experience without question.
Rapoon/Census Of Hallucinations - Industrial Exchange
The underground music scene is a wonderful place for numerous reasons, one of which is that the unlikeliest of collaborations needn't come as a surprise to anyone. Robin Storey was a founding member of Zoviet France (1980-1992), and since 1992 has been recording under the Rapoon moniker. Census of Hallucinations, who regular Aural
Innovations readers will know, are the space-psych-progressive song maestros headed up by Tim Jones & Terri~B of Stone Premonitions. The music on Industrial Exchange will be more of a surprise for Census of Hallucinations than Rapoon fans. Robin took existing Census of Hallucinations songs and did his sonic manipulations on them to create a very nice set of ambient/sound-art/experimental excursions.
Among the pieces that caught my attention are the title track, which conjures up images of being out at sea on a dark foggy night. I like the repetitive pattern to which Robin adds foghorn like blasts and vocal bits (I think they're voices?), and a nifty noisy ending.
"Alien Drill Regenerator" is like a groove tune designed for a factory setting. "If At First You Don't Succeed" is the most overtly groove oriented track on the album, this one being a full blown avant-dance tune. At over 11 minutes, "Amalgatron" is the longest track of the set and one of the instances where I thought I could detect the original Census of Hallucinations samples, in this case Terri~B's voice, which Robin skillfully incorporates into a multi-layered voice, rhythmic pulse, guitar and noise/sound blend. LOTS going on here and a track that reveals something new with each subsequent listen.
Ditto for "Eyeing the Third", which has a sort of avant-garde Enya vibe. "Pollutician" is certainly recognizable for Tim's "I am a politician" cry from the Census of Hallucinations song, "Lie Again". And I could hear Tim's distinctive guitar licks on "Slide Rule Calculation", which goes very nicely with Robin's sound manipulations. Overall, an enjoyable set and a very interesting listen, especially given the nature of the collaboration.
(Reviewed by Jerry Kranitz - Aural Innovations, Issue #38, January 2008)
Rapoon/Census Of Hallucinations - "Industrial Exchange"
Rapoon is a project by Zoviet France founder-member Robin Storey producing experimental ambient music. Rapoon’s music has been released for example on Soleilmoon Records. Now he has co-operated with Census of Hallucinations and the result is a very hypnotic, floating sonic mass. Fans of Steven Wilson’s Bass Communion
will for sure like this. The album has ten tracks that, as far as I can see, are based on recordings of Census of Hallucinations. The music has been manipulated and treated in a manner that makes it totally un-recognisable for most of the time, any way. Robin has just added some piano. I have often put this disc on while going to sleep, and awaken at some point in the borderline of sleep and wake-state to wonder what is going on. This is very strange, minimal, floating and slowly, if at all, progressing stuff that includes weird loops.
The first track “Art Beat” sounds a bit like waves of the sea but there is also some small- scale tingle. “Sensing the Sixth” includes piano and little bit of something else. The title track of the album has quiet rhythm and something weird, the end dissolves into psychedelic mesh. The longest number “Amalgatron” includes vocal echoes, warped guitar, some rhythm and noise. A rather psychedelic piece! You can actually make some sense from the original piece on the track ”Provide What We Really Need”. A really hallucinatory number to make you see patterns… “Eyeing the Third” is soft, echoed soundscape. I will also mention the really psychedelic “Pollutician” that has been made by adding all kinds of bits on top of loop. This is strange, mesmerising stuff.
(Reviewed by DJ Astro)
Rapoon/Census Of Hallucinations - "Industrial Exchange"
Happy to say Census collab is great. I recommend whacking vol. up as far as you can for 1st tk.,7 mns. Starts inaudible & builds into the most magnificent, beautiful wash-truly a highlight in the whole catalog. The kind of tk. I could take 80, or 160 mns of, you don't want it to end really. It's only the next tk. that has the piano really, it and the last, feat.gtr(!), are the "weaker" tks. on the cd imv. The rest, bloody good, v.loopy again, all in all v.possibly better than RF2. A welcome surprise. R was being somewhat perverse in his description seems to me.
I'm told this is in fact the collab mentioned over 2 yrs ago, in article I posted a link to, now dead. That no motherfuck ever read anyway. I'm v.glad it's finally come out & can highly recommend-especially being half price. It deserves a "proper" cover but at that price & that quality who cares. For sure the best collab since Hank & Nail. That was 2 cd's coming in 6 days. Great, that';s what y want, bring'em on!
Ah yes-that opener, sounds like a combination of Blue Communion, I think, from Church Rd., and one of the later, non-industrial tks. on no less than the magnificent towering achievement that was "Fires". In Sergio's words, & Mr.Storey has done it again!!
(Reviewed by a Rapoon fan on one of Rapoon’s forums)