New York's solo project Gridfailure has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of an instrumental and minimalist mixture of noise, dark ambient and industrial and this is a review of his self released 2020 ep "Epicenter MMVV: Quarantine Instrumentals".
Atmospheric soundscapes start off the ep while the music also gets very experimental and avant garde sounding at times. The songs also add in a decent amount of effects and field recordings along with the synths also adding elements of dark ambient onto the recording and programmed beats are also utilized at times.
Touches of underground industrial can also be heard at times while electric guitars also add more effects and noises to the music. When bass guitars are utilized they also enhance the dark atmosphere of the music along with all of the tracks also sounding very different from each other as well as the acoustic guitars being used on a non traditional way when they are added onto the recording.
As the ep progresses a brief use of harsh power electronics can also be heard along with one of the later tracks also being very long and epic in length and when percussion's are utilized they also give the music more of a ritualistic feeling and the production also sounds very dark.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Gridfailure and if you are a fan of minimalism, experimental, field recordings, noise, dark ambient and industrial, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Shortness Of Breath" and "The Plague Rains". 8 out of 10.
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