Hiss

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Opening with the solitary sound of a film projector, Ash International’s Hiss compilation has more to do with cinema and storytelling than it does with music in the traditional sense. The montage of processed site recordings and chance recorded conversations maintains a high level of quality throughout. Evan Parker’s saxophone solos over Disinformation ‘s chattering static upwellings has to be one of the most moving academic pieces I’ve ever heard. Other fantastic pieces include Hazard’s shimmering forest ambience inspired ‘Pylons’, and Leif Elggren’s heart breaking, minimalist reflection upon his mother’s death. The charming bits of conversation interspersed between many of the ambient tracks covers everything from alien voices, to prison breakouts, to even drag-racing. If you enjoy a thoroughly intriguing blend of found dialogue and abstract atmospherics, then this would be an excellent compilation to pick up.

Tracklist:
1. AER – Projector 1:15
2. Evan Parker vs. Disinformation – London’s Overthrow (Extract) 5:32
3. Raymond Cass – Alien Voices 1:09
4. Hazard – Pylons 4:27
5. Leif Elggren – Mother!!? 4:25
6. Unknown Artist – Airprox 0:35
7. S.E.T.I. – L.M. 3:12
8. Paul Williams – Jet Car (Extract) 2:05
9. Unknown Artist – Runaway Train (Extract) 0:58
10. Daren Seymour & Mark Van Hoen – Supermind’s Light Becomes Part Of The Earth 2:49
11. Lem Tuggle – Breakout (Extract) 6:15
12. Bernd Friedmann – Leisure Zones (Extract) 4:50
13. Unknown Artist – Float Like A Butterfly 0:26
14. Unknown Artist – I Saw It All Happen From Beginning To End And Sometimes I Still Can’t Believe What I Saw 3:38