Rapoon/Census Of Hallucinations - "Industrial Exchange"
Rapoon is a project by Zoviet France founder-member Robin Storey producing experimental ambient music. Rapoon’s music has been released for example on Soleilmoon Records. Now he has co-operated with Census of Hallucinations and the result is a very hypnotic, floating sonic mass. Fans of Steven Wilson’s Bass Communion will for sure like this. The album has ten tracks that, as far as I can see, are based on recordings of Census of Hallucinations. The music has been manipulated and treated in a manner that makes it totally un-recognisable for most of the time, any way. Robin has just added some piano. I have often put this disc on while going to sleep, and awaken at some point in the borderline of sleep and wake-state to wonder what is going on. This is very strange, minimal, floating and slowly, if at all, progressing stuff that includes weird loops.
The first track "Art Bear" sounds a bit like waves of the sea but there is also some small-scale tingle. "Sensing the Sixth" includes piano and little bit of something else. The title track of the album has quiet rhythm and something weird, the end dissolves into psychedelic mesh. The longest number "Amalgatron" includes vocal echoes, warped guitar, some rhythm and noise. A rather psychedelic piece! You can actually make some sense from the original piece on the track "Provide What We Really Need". A really hallucinatory number to make you see patterns... "Eyeing the Third" is soft, echoed soundscape. I will also mention the really psychedelic "Pollutician" that has been made by adding all kinds of bits on top of loop. This is strange, mesmerising stuff.
(Reviewed by DJ Astro)