Right now, the drawer for all this Metal and Rock stuff is a bit too small and too overcrowded for me, so that I grabbed a copy of the current EP of Australian (now Iceland residing) experimental electronic master BEN FROST, to clear head and mind. It’s not that I would have much knowledge about this kind of music and genre, but records of artists such as Brian Eno, Brian Williams (Lustmord) and Fennesz find its way quite often into my player. So, a trip into electronic spheres are by no means just of sporadic nature.
BEN FROST has already released many albums, soundtracks and collaborations. He is not unknown to the scene anymore. But his music is neither cinematic and atmospheric Ambient nor beat-driven dance music, nor can it be referred to the synthesizer outbursts of the so called cosmic music. Though, the music of BEN FROST creates atmosphere, mood and images. Here, score-like soundscapes meet noise and drones, meet heartbeats and dramatic twists and turns. The music does not develop a classical ruminant effect – it is more like each song tells its own story.
All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated is a thrilling and atmospheric record and makes me want to deal closer with the musician’s work. The album does not lull. All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated always attracts attention as classic patterns of electronic music get bust open. The album is rather similar to a soundtrack, where single tracks represent chapters of a movie, which alternate between being relaxed, disturbing, up to menacing. Too bad, the EP is way too short.
All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated is the soundtrack for a dystopic sci-fi movie, not dark but ominous.
I think artists such as Tim Hecker and Fennesz would be comparable to BEN FROST, as they have a similar unconventional approach to electronic music.