Once again, I'm overwhelmed by the artistic vision of this bunch whilst being left bewildered as to how the hell I could even begin to describe it in anything other than purely subjective terms. This time it's a lavishly forged double disc set which divides into thirty tracks including Record Collector Scum, Scumbag Pile of Shit, Impact Geology, Broken Astral Projector, Jazz Snobs, and The Greatest Gift of All is Love. However, I've been listening to the thing as a single piece, by which terms it seems to work particularly well, so individual titles may be not much more than a distraction.
Ad Infinitum seems recognisably the work of +DOG+ as characterised by focus on the sounds which traditional musicians try to keep at bay - mains hum, rattle, circuit buzz, hiss, distortion, speaker deterioration driven to ear-splitting volume or, at other times, settling to a more ambient level; alternating with the occasional incongruous intrusion of a piano or even xylophone played for tonal effect rather than notes; and the whole - all two hours or however long it is - feels almost as though it's telling a story, albeit the sort of thing which doesn't translate into words or even images. It's trippy and sort of immersive, even kind of meditative yet without a single element that you could possibly describe as relaxing.
Available from Love Earth Music, link top left of webpage.
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