dsc77 - オアシス

 Released: February 24

In their follow up’s to last year’s album, dsc77 takes a slight shift from the scratchy textures and incomplete loops to dive headlong into wonderful drone bliss, with a twist. All of the tracks here were built from sections of songs by the band Oasis. Now, while just about everyone would rightfully throw things at the guy playing “Wonderwall” at the guitar store, the approach here has some rather interesting results. What’s quite interesting about it that much of the results sound heavy and even dark at times, which really plays on the semi-sad and mopey bar rock vibe of the band’s original work. There’s recontextualization is quite incredible and if still accurate to the originals enough that you can hear some of it in there. 

The fourth track here is made from the slightly less played out  “Champagne Supernova” and captures just a bit of the original. At the point where that all too familiar chorus comes in, it feels slow the the point of being a bit languid, but still capturing some element of the original.  And of course the album begins with a deep ambient drone version of the classic “Wonderwall” which has less of the original characteristics but feels so peaceful and washed-out, like listening to a morose ocean tide coming in and out. The other tracks on the album extend well-beyond the band’s radio familiarities, which I kind of preferred. There’s less attachment to the original on these, making it easier to simply appreciate the resultant heavy and sometimes dissonant tones that comprise some wonderfully deep drones. 

For just kind of an off-beat experiment, オアシス makes for some rather interesting listening. The alterations to the tracks here is quite interesting, especially considering just how intensely heavy, sometimes dissonant, and enveloping they all feel. It may not be anything too deep thematically, but it is a rather fun listen for what it is.