Voice Of Eye

CD:
Mariner Sonique (92)

Many self-produced tapes, distributed by Cyclotron Industries, the 
folks who distribute the CD as well.

     Everybody in the industrial/experimental community seems hell-
bent on comparing these guys to :zoviet-france:, and I have no idea 
why. They use some of the same sound-processing techniques, but their 
sounds are completely different.
     Voice Of Eye make many of their own instruments, and follow a 
free-form compositional style. The results are dense, meandering 
washes of sound. The only organizing principle behind their songs 
seems to be which instruments they choose to use and how they choose 
to process them. Which is not to say that their songs sound similar. 
It's startling how much variety there is on their CD and tapes. The 
addition of almost-traditional percussion in some songs gives them an 
oddly jazzy feel.
     If Ridley Scott made a _Blade Runner_ about cave people, gave 
Vangelis 1000 mics of prime LSD, and locked him in a closet with some 
cowbells, a flugelhorn, and a bunch of PVC tubing, the result might 
sound like this. Whales singing cabaret tunes.