Plasma on Sorted:Sordid (1998), English



Bad Sector - "Plasma" (Old Europa Cafe)

This is an Italian experimental CD of ambient music based around the sounds of a variety
of electronic equipment.
It has, of course, been done many times before, but surprisingly, this isn't half-bad.
The thing is, Bad Sector have remembered to add some musical structure. The blips, whirrs and bleeps
are laid on top of a very dark and powerful synth backing.
It's actually fairly hypnotic if you follow the instructions and play the CD very loud. The odd distorted
yell and the building synths give this a very futuristic sci-fi feel, it's like the sounds of a future
technological hell, which is surprising because the electronic equipment used is museum standard.
An interesting piece that shows that it is possible to make this stuff listenable.



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