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N & BU.D.D.A. - untitled

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Auf Abwegen AATP94 Release Year: 2023 Note: FULL ethereal DRONE improvisation by this undergrond "supergroup", BUND DES DRITTEN AUGES are EMERGE and B*TONG, together with N they recorded a completely hazy and thick as fog session, where multi-layered low fi drones, strange sounds and pulses float together very well.. (with post-production arrangements added later); lim. 300, great cover artwork Price (incl. 19% VAT): €19.50 More Info https://aufabwegen.bandcamp.com/album/no-title "When Helmut Neidhardt (also known as N), Chris Sigdell and Sascha Stadlmeier (collectively known as Bu.d.d.a., meaning Bund des dritten Auges) met for the first time in 2020, they booked studio time to record music together. Still, as spontaneous as this meeting was, it was also chaotic. Salvaged from the recording was Helmut's guitar, some of which served as a basis for Chris to re-record his guitar at home, adding some vocals, mailing it off to Sascha, and adding his violin and musique concrète. Back it went to Chris, who did the final mix. Since then, they have toured together and played three shows as a trio. Judging by the music, that is good because what they do here sounds natural, even with some distance between them. Both music projects labour with drones and do that slightly differently. The guitar and amplification are essential for N, sometimes with sharpish played notes, whereas Bu.d.d.a. has a denser approach, layering instruments and sound effects in one thick carpet. There is a point at which they both meet, and that's precisely where x marks the spot. Two pieces (well, three, but the two on side B blend easily together as one) of vast drones, moving and shaking, going places instead of staying in one place too long. The voices are, perhaps, not something I am not all too happy about, but I can see why they do it, and it's the music quite well. It adds further to the mysterious sound they play, and even with the addition of N's guitar, sounding at times like a steel guitar, which I thought was very nice, I am still very much reminded of Troum (as noted before, in Vital Weekly 1347), but this trio has enough going for themselves. Ominous and dark, this is exactly the kind of all-immersive drone you'd expect these people to play. Maybe it's a pity they didn't choose a new band name and started fresh as a new group, but that's none of my business. I can imagine there will be some exciting trio work for them in the future. One could say this is a promising start, but with their shared history, it doesn't feel like a start." [FdW/Vital Weekly]