The Ganser Syndrome, by Obsidian Shard

The Ganser Syndrome

by Obsidian Shard

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rich cochrane Lovely textural sounds put together in a way that doesn't seem to make sense at first, but then does. Favorite track: The Warm Blood of Bees.

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C34 // Edition of 50 pro-dubbed tapes with art by Obsidian Shard.

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	1.	The Whistling of Streetlamps 03:08
	2.	Clocks In Despair 03:35
	3.	The Ganser Syndrome 03:24
	4.	Shadow Bubbles 03:29
	5.	Moulting Blue Snakes 02:47
	6.	The Warm Blood of Bees 03:28
	7.	In the Blonde Storm 03:03
	8.	Instinct Part One 03:03
	9.	Makeshift Orange 02:41
	10.	Enter Like Iron 03:29

about

Shadowy multimedia collagist Obsidian Shard makes their Oxtail debut with “The Ganser Syndrome,” their latest collection of shapeshifting non-music. Following “The Honeydew Hunt” on Flophouse and a number of self-releases, here OS offers up the finest examples of their trapdoor-filled musique concrète as disembodied percussion, creeping drones, and spraypaint static continuously crumble and reassemble under every step.

Try as you might to ascribe order to the Escheresque proceedings, the record resists logic at every turn, while simultaneously remaining aggressively literal; there is never more or less at play than what you're hearing. The onus, then, is put back to the listener: what are you looking for in music, and why are you trying to find it here? Think less - can you handle that?

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Recorded in 2020.
Thanks to Mike Nigro.
obsidianshard.bandcamp.com

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released February 19, 2021

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Oxtail Recordings Sydney, Australia

Ambient noise and broken songs.

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