Maths Balance Volumes-Lower Forms (self released cd)

Maths Balance Volumes has bewildered and interested me for the past year or so, as they have been releasing records on labels like Dylan Nyoukis' "Chocolate Monk". Their sound is true junk/dada electronics, and the bizarre sounds that emanate from their records are unique and wierd even in the scope of DIY junk noise bands. Lots of white noise and tape hiss and sounds that I am not familiar with to identify, Volumes create a whirlwind of fiery and agonizing tape hiss as well as some true psychodelia industrial that even the most seasoned noise vets might have trouble letting thier ears adjust to. The album is 100 percent homemade, and the hiss on the recordings comes off as a legitimate layer of filth covering many more layers of filth. The "songs" contained on the record are all soundscapes built on layers of murky feedback and waves of strange hissing sounds as well as a healthy use of tape loops. When listened to stoned, the album is liable to bring you into a lull state, shifting between states of conciousness, getting lost in the alarmingly bizarre sounds. The vocals are processed and come off as inebriated chants, in fact at one point I thought I was listening to a recording of voodoo rituals. And I feel that these images of horror archetypes are not unique when listening to this type of music. In any case, Maths Balance Volume have come up with a noise sound that is startingly original in the face of a scene that has become increasingly watered down by over-release and too much hype, and for this fact alone I think they are worth and interested listener's attention.