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Sunday, December 19, 2021

Blogovision 2021: Στο Νο 2 του Γεράσιμου The Body - I've Seen All I Need To See


The Body is a prolific musical force whose creativity is matched only by the astonishing weight of their sound. Duo Lee Buford and Chip King have established their own musical language that reimagines how rhythm, dynamics, and sonics can shape or dismantle song structure. Over the course of two decades, the duo has consistently challenged assumptions and defied categorization, redefining what it means to be a heavy band. On their new album, The Body are again pushing limits and testing the boundaries of the studio to explore the extremes and microtonality of distortion to find its maximal impact. I’ve Seen All I Need To See is The Body at their most incisively bleak, a towering monolith of noise.

I’ve Seen All I Need To See marks both a return and departure for The Body. In contrast to the electronic-centric instrumentation and production-heavy arrangements of previous albums and Buford’s work in Sightless Pit, this album is focused on their core live sound: Buford’s booming, resolute drums paired with King’s obliterated guitar and howl. Following albums with extensive guest performances and acclaimed collaborations with Thou, Uniform, Full of Hell, and more, I’ve Seen All I Need To See is almost entirely the core duo. Guests vocalist/pianist Chrissy Wolpert and vocalist Ben Eberle are used very sparingly. Course, bristling distortion contorts every instrument, with samples of spoken word, cymbals, toms and King’s already noxious tone emerging from layers of feedback. The myriad of tonal interplays, captured in detail, has a movement all its own. The Body, together with engineer Seth Manchester of Machines With Magnets, capture the complexities of distorted sound in stunning detail. The clarity and the cacophony exceed anything they've created before, morphing desolate, festering soundscapes into an exhilarating sonic universe.

I’ve Seen All I Need To See demonstrates not only The Body’s fearless spirit and vicious edge, but their intellectual musical heft through its explorations of distorted sound and the power of distorted sounds’ interplay. Composer Roger Johnson said “Noise is power, but is generally represented as negative, chaotic, dangerous, violent, when it comes... from those marginalized from power. Noise is also an expression of freedom, a ‘liberation of sound.’” The Body are sound liberators capable of mining and extracting remarkable details from the most manipulated and distorted sound sources. I’ve Seen All I Need To See is a groundbreaking work and an ecstatic listen, whether seen as a testament to catharsis in oblivion, an opus of inexorable dread or a wholly liberating adventure.

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No. 04 The Body and BIG|BRAVE - Leaving None But Small Birds

No. 05 Slikback - Melt

No. 06 Backxwash - Ι Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses

No. 07 Dalhous - The Composite Moods Collection Vol.2: Point Blank Range

No. 08  Ryan Adams - Big Colors

No. 09  BIG|BRAVE - Vital

No. 10 Rey Sapienz and the Congo Techno Ensemble - Na Zala Zala

No. 11 Moin - Moot!

No. 12 Operant - Traumkörper

No. 13 Moor Mother – Black Encyclopedia of the Air

Νο. 14 Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I

No. 15 Don Zilla - Ekizikiza Mubwengula

Νο. 16 Restive Plaggona - Restive Plaggona

Νο. 17 Irreversible Entanglements – Open the Gates

Νο. 18 Scorn – The Only Place

Νο. 19 Alexis Marshall - House of Lull House of When

No. 20 Crystal Geometry - Distressing Visions

 


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