Reviews

You know me, you read me, you know how much I love Luasa Raelon. And when I heard that Australia’s awesome label Cipher Record was about to release this boxed set I already got tongue in cheek for this. The result : genius! This is a very beautiful box with tons of flyers inside that are more than you want one with the info on all the discography of the Ohio’s project, other are like cartoons and some with more abstract contents.
There’s music also in this box. As you know maybe Luasa Raelon, you know that some of his records are very conceptual and this one goes among some aspect the sound of Luasa Raelon explored through the past. The part called As Above is mainly based on the sound exploration about the sky. I don’t really feel if David ever explored that kind of sounds but it’s frankly interesting. It sounds more vast and wide than what I ever heard in the Luasa Raelon creation. I like how does Luasa Raelon always try to make some concept and translate them in noise with a very big similitude with the way you can imagine things, with this part of the boxed set, you actually fell like you fly.
The second tape was more of an exploration of the ocean deep sounds. Something Luasa Raelon brilliantly explored on the 5 Miles Deep records a couple of years ago. This time it seems that the return to the deepness of the ocean seems a way better. The level of high energetic hydro-claustrophobia is very interesting. The simulating effect is pretty good here. So this should be a not-to-miss release from the Ohio genius, the problem is that this box is only limited to 20, so I don’t know if it’s already sold out, so contact Chris of Cipher to know, but get it if you like Luasa Raelon and as more and more people like them, they should be sold out as I talk about it here... So maybe the next step is that a pro label can be interested in releasing a proper pro full-length, since there’s so much loser band that are released on pro CD in the noise scene, maybe some justice to one of the best project in noise can be done...
Taken from In The Fence Of Reality