The first intriguing aspect to Disaster Amnesiac of
Strings, the 2024 release from Cast Off Form was its presser sheet, which features the slimmest of informational elements as regards not only the production of the cassette, but also its maker. One just has to love a good mystery, especially in these times of informational overload. Really kind of nice to have things not be listed, to have a situation in which the imagination can be utilized. Over two sides, Cast Off Form presents on
Strings what sounds to this listener to be one long piece, perhaps made up of shorter snippets that have been stitched together. Its sounds were crafted from the pairing of a solid cedar acoustic guitar with no-input mixing/modular synthesis. Over what occurred within my perceptions as "rounds of motion", Cast Off Form often achieves the fireworks attendant to burning circuits. Crunchy auditory explosions and resonant metallic sounds produced images of molten lava while buzzing drones formed rhythmic matrices from the processed buzzing of the guitar strings. A plus for rhythm in Noise. Complex sonic portals emerge from the relative simplicity of its production methods and musical voices arise from the clangs within the junkyard of the mind. Colored wave forms resembling the simple, effective cover graphic. The guitar as resonating device for simple physics.
Strings is a simply complex headcleaner of a release and if that kind of thing is your jam you'll surely love its duration a time or three. Viva mystery!
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