Plasma on Vital Weekly #126 (1998), English



BAD SECTOR - PLASMA (CD by Old Europa Cafe)

This is the follow up to the widely aclaimed debut 'Ampos' on God Factory
from some 3 years back.
The main concept, if there is any, is the use of radio signals, coils and other forms
of electricity. Bad Sector samples to death various VLF atmospheres recordings, holter
test neon tubes and the like. But unlike Disinformation, Bad Sector produces something
that could easily be described as 'music' (whatever that is). The radio waves are
transformed, transposed, trans-whatever, but the outcome is densely layered, almost
ambient-industrial soundscapes.

A rather surprising outcome, since we would expect noisy, feedbacky or hissy: anything to
upset the listener. Bad Sector delivers a CD that is a true surprise for me.



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