The Ghetto Naturalist Series is a recently started label run by Nathaniel Brennan (Cruudeuces), and one of it's most recent efforts is this c30 split between Cruudeuces and recent newcomer Gii. The artwork and packaging are both excellent, but all the printing seems a bit pixelated. Other than that, this tape is absolutely superb.
Gii's side was a bit of a surprise to me as I was expecting speaker pushing organ drones covered up by morphing walls of static (more in the vein of Gii's free album Lavender), but what I got was a bit slower of a sound. Lots of reverb soaked scrapes and, yes, that classic Gii organ churning away in the background. This tape reminds me a bit of a scene in the movie 2012 (if you saw it I'm very sorry for you). The world is ending and an old black piano player on a cruise ship learns about it before the waves hit the boat. He spends his last moments alive playing piano while the ship is sinking. As Gii's organ drones on, playing otherwise beautiful melodies, the atmosphere of the track is assaulted by noise and scum.
Cruudeuces is unrelenting in the misery this tape brings. While his side is way less noisy, it's just as brutal and despondent. Feedback squeals and low-end rumble bring a dreadful mood to the table, and by the time they've worked themselves into your head, more clattering and scraping synth sounds show up to punish you. This tape is most certainly not for the faint at heart, but a highly enjoyable, though somewhat nerve-racking listening experience. I wish it was longer.
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