existent/nonexistent - Is The Silence…
Released: April 28 On his latest effort released on ECHØVEIL Records, Canadian noise artist existent/nonexistent plays around with a concept that is not theoretic explored enough: silence. It manifests as a three-piece album, with the first being but a brief introduction to the album and the final two being roughly similar in length. It seems like in may create a lopsided dynamic but it works perfectly as our brief introduction is among the compact with noise here, almost as if it is purging a bit to prepare us for the more tense and skeletal compositions that follow. As for the other two, they are inarguably rather unnerving. Not because of what is there, but beside of what there isn’t. Among the small skitters and clicks, we are treating to moments of pure silence that just tap the border of being too long for comfort. There’s a click that washes away in reverb, then silence. A few seconds of it then another skittery sound, then more silence. The predictability of the silence is...
