gert-jan prins – risk (mego)
gert-jan prins comes with a serious musical background, starting off as a rock
drummer, continuing as an improviser creating self made electronic machines in
the middle of the 90-ties. his career includes serious collaborations with
artists such as e-rax, the flirts, mimeo, vacuum boys, and he’s also played with
lee ranaldo, fennesz, pita... all the above mentioned artists have created
something important for the development and originality of electronic music. but
the noise sound lately has a tendency to repeat itself, repeating it’s own
cliches. not many are able to get among originality in the sound. this release
is one of those that avoid the cliché. this is one of the greatest pieces of
noise listened recently. it’s created inventively with a self developed
electronic device while using a radio and transmietertchnology prins creates
cut-up noise and glitch pieces that are repeated in different ways creating
entirely short but noticeable tracks. sharp, strong and sudden outbreaks of
noise, out of the silence turn into explosive sounds gaining somewhat rhythmical
dimensions. only temporarily from the mixture of sounds, silence, radio hum and
noise, short incomprehensible voices appear from some distant radio transmission
to only remind that in all of that there is after all a human factor, not just
machines. disturbing by nature, but yet makes a pleasant listen and not too loud
either, risk is one of those noise releases that are supposed to be perceived
and be taken in serious consideration.