I had a thought some time today. Since you're dripping with sweat and cannot find a place in your fusty room to hide from this abnormal heat neither day, nor night, that's somewhat similar feeling to physical encounter with HNW. No compromise, respite or relief - just constant breathlessness and fug. After checking my shelves, I've took out this tape that was waiting to be reviewed for quite some time already and decided that it might be the ideal time to put headphones on and try to feel what I've described above.
Vomir, I think I won't be wrong, is one of the most productive and widely recognised HNW projects of latter years. Anyways, it's always a challenge to write about this project while knowing his philosophy of statics (or abscence of it) and idea (or abscence of it). How it would be best to describe the works of Vomir? In words or in abscence of them? No dynamics, changes, development... Perfect nihilism that opens in drawn-out smallest moment of time. In this split Vomir presents one long, playing for more than 20 minutes untitled track. Well, there's no need for titles, meaningless eulogy or lame descriptions. Vomir's side of the tape is Wall of Nothing - absolute statics - that lasts for some time. The sound is not aggressive, brutal or ear-piercing. It's just a moment of statics, trice of rumbling that lasts the whole side of the tape. Mixturizer is different. At first while listening to this release, I even liked that side of the split more than Vomir's material, but after several listening sessions, both of the tracks now seems equally good. This side is more active, more open, there's more development in it (well, when comparing to statics of Vomir, one turn of a knob would be more development). The sound itself is more rich and that's why this side is easier to listen to. But the thought remains the same. Despite some evolving, heard in this side, summa summarum it's wall. Maybe not that oppressive than Vomir's and you can hook more easily on it. On this side one layer of sound goes to lower frequencies, then return back, here or there you can here feedback or a bang in background, you can hear how middle frequencies start to strangle you, but that's wall. These changes ain't that important. Sound that does not change is more important. All in all that's a good tape and excellent soundtrack for this summer heat. I was convinced and satisfied by what I've heard. Vomir's side is harder, much harder to listen to. Mixturizer is the lighter one though the sound is more massive. But this French-Spain 40 minutes of wall is worth attention.

Format: CS
Released: 2009
Label: R.O.N.F. Records
Edition: 100