Stig by Clothearz

Two lengthy excursions of intense minimalism (drones, loops, echo, fold-back) meeting industrial nightmare tonalities. For fans of Kluster/Cluster, the abstract Throbbing Gristle, Alto stratus, Laughing Hands, Asmus Tietchens, Zoviet France, et al.

Audion 8 review of the cassette issue...

Clothearz
STIG (Poultry Productions PP5) MC

AMA
NOT BLOBS (Poultry Productions PP6) MC

From Audion #8, page 26.
Review by Alan Freeman.

Clothearz "Stig"
AMA "Not Blobs"

Yet more music from the land of the festering ducks (see index for past releases by Rancid Poultry and Clothearz), and two of their best releases to date.

Clothearz present us with two lengthy soundscapes for synth, violin, voices, saucepan lid and cupboard door on Stig Part One; and voices, water, teacup, lamp shade, kettle, chair and sampled strings on Eno Trap Gits. Odd instrumentation indeed, but the most important instrument they omit from mentioning: namely a tape delay system that causes all the sounds to swirl and glide around in dramatic rhythmic forays. With the exception of some troublesome crackle in the mix, this is an exceptionally inventive diversion from Frippertronics, that with the Mellotron-like sections on Eno Trap Gits gets to great emotional and fascinatingly dynamic heights.
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Credits

released May 20, 2024

1. STIG PART ONE 19'37"
Equipment:
Moog Prodigy monphonic synthesizer,
violin, voices, saucepan lid, cupboard door

2. ENO TRAP GITS 19'37"
Equipment:
voices, water, tea-cup, lamp-shade,
kettle, chair, string sample

Devised, composed, performed and recorded by Mackeral 'Rub-It' Cloth & Risotto Drake at Rancid Terrors Studios, Otley, West Yorks on 17,20,21 January 1988.
Cover: Cloth & Drake (uncredited)

Produced by Alan & Steve Freeman for Auricle Music.
Digital transfer from original cassette in 2007.
Restored and remastered by Alan Freeman at Tachyon Studio, Leicester, 3 September 2016.
Reissue cover layout by Alan Freeman.

Originally: MC (Poultry Productions PP5) © 1988 «39'18"»

Clothearz audio samples here: auriclemusic.bandcamp.com/album/introduction-cassettes-sampler