Instrument inventor/improvisor Bryan Day is certainly not lacking for gigs and collaborators these days and that abundance is the result of his hard work and perseverance, coupled with a vision that clearly appeals to the Improvised Music/Noise scene on an international level. Disaster Amnesiac watches with awe as Bryan moves all over the place, making sounds with an ever growing cast of collaborators. Of the latter, repurposed/handmade object/electronics player Erin Demastes is a new name to Disaster Amnesiac, but her resume shows that she's done her thing in front of tons of people at tons of places. This pair teamed up to produce the pieces featured on Fridgeworks, the 2026 release from UK based Steep Gloss Records, and it's a fine document of their sympatico as sound artists. This release features sounds that are generally placid; the listener will not be confronted with any grand gestures or histrionics. The two players intertwine their individual rigs' sounds with more studied approaches, and their sounds drift out from the speakers in ways that are mysteriously intriguing. Fridgeworks is characterized by more "cool" dynamics than "hot", yet as one listens it's clear that its work was done as its players interacted attentively during the process of producing it. Small pops and whirs and ratcheting moves interlock for three slow burn tracks. At the conclusion of one spin of this cassette, the ambient sounds from my neighborhood (car engines, muted human voices from within nearby houses, wind blown trees, etc.) merged perfectly with those coaxed by Demastes and Day from their sound sources. That dynamic is in keeping with the vision of the early Industrial artists and it's a major validation for the aesthetic strength of Frideworks. Place it in your deck and let it transport your mind to the keenly abstract sonic potentialities that float and fly around any aural environment.
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