- When
- May 2010
This is a release on Type Records, the label I co-founded with John Xela. John was responsible for its musical output; I contributed in the first few years on design and running the label. The catalogue is archived here for posterity.
Boomkat, which stocked the label, still lists this record, filed under Electronic.
Rene Hell is the latest and possibly greatest moniker of US noisenik Jeff Witscher. With this project we find him focused on synthesized kosmiche sounds — but unlike many of his contemporaries, instead of delving into nostalgia there is something decidedly modern about Witscher's compositions. The bubbling, effervescent synthesizer sequences and percussive patterns seem to twist and turn over each other with a near-techno precision, and at times you might be forgiven for thinking that 'Porcelain Opera' had more in common with Basic Channel than Cluster. This is analogue exploration at its best, and once it digs its rusty talons into you, it refuses to let go.
Made at Type.
Earlier in the catalogue: Heavy Winged — Sunspotted TYPE076. Later in the catalogue: Deaf Center — Owl Splinters TYPE080.