It seems as if infinity has passed since the last review. Most likely it is like that. But I'm still alive and I hope I'm still capable to join separate words into more or less meaningful sentences. TBC disc Insecta: The Birth of Gods was lying by the player for a couple of months. I've been spinning it from time to time and lacking suitable words to describe it, delayed reviewing it. TBC - project of Thomas Beck, German who has been active in the weirder parts of music for around 30 years. Collaboration with Felix Kubin who played recently in Lithuania and was praised by almost every person who has been in the gig, caught my eye. TBC created radio show and also released music magazine together with him. Unlike Felix Kubin's stuff, not everything is so full of joy and seemingly careless in this CD. Meditation on modern mythology, where Gods have become victims of contemporary civilization. They were blended with everyday life and its horrors, but still living side by side, barely visible. Interesting concept and despite quite frequent critique of modernity, noticeable in industrial culture, TBC takes a different and original angle on it. Musically this disc, in my opinion, fully meets written concept - cold and oppressive minimalism. 80 minutes, divided into four parts of sterile nihilism. Tracks are long and the last one reaches beyond half an hour so it seems that the author is excessively enjoying each and every sound without entering straightforward monotony. It is impossible to determine where sounds develop since it just changes and that's it. Though you can hear that it is not just messing around with some equipment in pointless experiments that can be heard quite often in so called minimalistic tracks. You can feel the hand of professional leading the sound towards the goal that only he knows, combining field recordings with minimal synth sound touches. Though separate tracks are defined in time, but it is trivial and all these 80 minutes are one long composition because logically sounds, their development and continuum exceed pauses between songs. I can imagine such music being played in contemporary art centers so rarely visited by ancient gods - they are drunk, wandering around in the forests. This CD is most likely one of such works where concept and keeping up to it is more important than any other component parts of the release. And the essence of this disc hides in those small details that you won't hear if you listen to it only half an ear. You need to listen and live with it. Perhaps the word "subtle" would suit well here. I couldn't say this release is of my taste and it is not clear why the first full length came out only after 15 years of TBC activity. Whatever are the reasons - it was interesting to acknowledge myself with this work.

Format: CD
Released: 2012
Label: Monochrome Vision
Edition: 500