***JOHN OSWALD (PLUNDERPHONICS) returns with two fourteen-minute-plus tracks of sliced and diced audio assemblage. “Highly recommended. Imagine playing ‘name that tune’ at 5 times the speed of your ears’ ability to recognize familiar sounds. This composition, made up entirely of pop music samples, deserves five stars because of its meticulous organization of disparate and familiar sounds into an exciting new composition, one that stands on its own whether or not the listener is familiar with each artist being ‘plundered.’ The piece never descends into disorganized noise, each sound is clearly placed where the composer intended. This is the mailbomb you want to send to pop culture.”—xmw
LP $14.50
11/09/2010