Lilith

CD:
Stone (92)

Tape:
Mantle (installation soundtrack, 91)

     Lilith is a friend of mine, so expect no objectivity. Scott 
Gibbons' work is amazing. To say that all of the music on _Stone_ was 
created using samples of stones, being crushed, sawn, rubbed, hit, or 
otherwise manipulated tells you nothing about what it sounds_ like. 
There is bass on this CD that puts those weeny Miami Bass Wars comps 
to shame. I have only heard it played once on a system that could 
handle the bass, and that did very strange things to my insides. It 
is spacey, it is droney, the production is immaculate. It is even
musical and has very coherent composition. All with stones.
     Reference points would be :zoviet-france: or Lustmord, but 
Scott is definitely exploring his own territory here. It's a somewhat 
pricey import (on Sub Rosa records, the folks who put out the Myths 
compilations a few years back), but definitely worth it.
     Mantle is something else. Created as the soundtrack for an 
installation, it would also work very well as the soundtrack to a 
rave for open-minded folks. The beats (when they exist) are phat, the 
guitar is distorted beyond any hope of recognition, and the groove is 
smooth. Plus, on the second side, it settles down into nice, very 
spacey ambience. Like being in a big, friendly cave.