Tom Hall, Floats (self-released CD)

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Two slightly "out there" productions from Australian artist Tom Hall generated in a relatively short space of time.

"Fluere" is a conceptual album drawing exclusively on sounds "made" by Story Bridge in Brisbane. The results land somewhere in between field recording and a musique concréte collage. How much fiddling and mixing with the original material has taken place is left unsaid.

The more recent CDR "Floats" (the watery titles which grace both albums are perversely unsuitable as metaphors for characterizing the music itself) is comprised of a series of live recording sessions (in studio, I´m assuming) - improvised? Tough call. Hall enjoys sparse, high-pitched drones and tinkles scuffed up a bit by crackles and distortion. Ultimately a tad sterile, unfortunately, thought track six, "Is", is utterly exquisite, very soothing, and worth the price of admission in itself.

The eight track titles make up a nice little poem, to boot: "My Memories/Spasmodic/Reflection/From/My Subconciousness/Is/A Beautiful/Reality".

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