IEOGM - object misnomers
Released: April 7 Returning to label Molt Fluid after a several year absence, the duo of IEOGM (Marie Vermont & The Concept Horse) bring a new album consisting of two-long form formless compositions. The instrumentation consists of a collection of bells, mallets, modular synthesis and some rather creative mixing at play. With these instruments, the duo pushes them to extremes, resulting in an incredibly dynamic interplay of sounds that clunk, plink, wobble, and crash in seemingly uncertain iterations. A crucial piece of this album is the atmosphere surrounding the instruments. The space it is set in feels subtly jilted as if it were not a real room but is capable of convincing you that it somehow is. The abstract space stays rather calm for much of the first half, sporadically breaking into loud clanging mess for but a moment before calming back down. There’s a certain distorted depth to the mallets throughout as they pong about, creating a feeling of being underwater, e...
