An Experimental Review: DPM357X Greenlands Melting Glaciers
DPM357X is a collaborative project between Swiss-born sculptor/experimental percussionist Franzisca Lantz and sound-collage/composer, Howard Jacques. They began improvising together at Bermuda Triangle Test Transmissions for Resonance fm. This is their first album.
I think it is original - and much more listenable than the words below might seem to suggest.
DPM357X’s music demands a certain listening attitude. There are familiar beats and grooves - but it is not EDM. There are melodic interludes, but these are not the point. The music has a meaning, a song is sung - but there are no words.
So, I wanted to respond to it openly and avoid the standard review format. Instead, here is a stream of consciousness as six short poems.
1.Sermon Qujalleq
Hypnotic loops Have you heard this tune before? Echoing from a vanished world. A tin-can drummer listens intently - But beats with a separate imperative.
Distorted sub-bass A dysfunctional warning siren A vessel passing Strange distant wailing Sinister appearances on the landscape Mutations, Appear and vanish on the margins
At some point A new sound is taking over We end in a different place to where we began.
2.Kangerdlugssuag
Almost a sweet tune A keyboard melody In the grip of a migraine Which should I listen to? Both command my attention. Equally.
3.Igdlupdlip
Computer games collided.
A drum and bass fused together in Armageddon.
(Catchy monstrosity)
I will try to dance to it One day in the future.
4.Nunakatassaap
Recorders and industrial machinery Helicopters landing in the valley Alien voices sing to me
A nightmare lullaby
Computers beeping
Life support machine keeps humming.
Stopped now.
5.Umlahmako
Music of frequencies Beeps Fizzes
Radio waves or Microwaves
Radar through dark matter
Tune antennae responding. (Tunes are almost reaching us.)
Something is scanning us from out there. Melodies trickling through Evaporating Dying away Leaving their residues behind
6.Tingmjamiut
A groove Undergoing strange processes And interruptions
Pretty singing Calling through Detuning Unenforced
Harsh marching Is more insistent
Tribal War Dance After the apocalypse.
You can hear the album and download it here: https://globalwarmingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/greenlands-melting-glaciers?undefined=
It is also available on vinyl, beautifully designed by Global Warming Records. Order from their bandcamp page.