![]() All the intervening noises manifest like nightmarish sneezes, discharged in a further garbled plethora in the last track, “Arachnophilia”. A patiently visceral onset begins in “I know You (istuwari no kao)”, a musical body which is far from in good health. The saxophones adopt a frantic and artistic David Lynch quality where they become relentless and unforgiving, taking precedence over everything else. And from here, as clarified in “Feast”, the soundscapes grow ever more interesting, even after everything we’ve heard so far. The final act of What is Chaos? marks a potently scarier climax to the rest of the album. So is it all part of some sort of plan? Only Kurushimi know the answer. Were we naive enough to think there would be a respite period at some point along the way? Oh hell no. They often sound desperate to survive amidst the splatter of screeching instruments, sonic feedback and AWOL drumbeats, all of which create an inescapable sense of unpredictability during what may otherwise be only lateral points of the record. Epic centerpieces such as “Embracing the Delicious” prove that What is Chaos? is the experience which keeps on giving. Wonderfully unnerving vocals, bleating saxophones, and brooding pianos have just much as reason to exist as the smooth jazzy conventions found in “A glimpse of a Thursday afternoon” or the spacey reggae motions of “A smile, A wish”.īut even the clearer musical moments are snared within the mechanical ethics of Kurushimi‘s songwriting. The further into the album we progress, the more we learn that each track is a jagged treasure of its own design. Heaviness is never far from the epicenter of Kurushimi‘s contorted delights. But even at these points, we find a general metal-oriented semblance. ![]() They serve as unrestrained instrumental cacophonies, which shake the foundations of the more foreboding formations found in the longer tracks. However, there are still a great deal more surprises to be found in the album. From this opening, we move to “C8H10N4O2”, a grind-inspired, borderline-flatulent discharge lasting only a minute. We actually get a few of those short ravenous outbursts along the What Is Chaos? journey. Our first introduction to Kurushimi‘s latest unhindered spectacle is a slow burning one, with the resonant screaming of guitars and Japanese sax so acute that we know we are dealing with noise merchants of the highest standard. The opening title track, “What Is Chaos?” is an ample demonstration of this. The album roars in protest against musical conformity. The parts are vast, scattered, and sprawling, like a broken machine filled with warped cogs which no longer seem to interlock. It’s rare that you will find any cognitive rhythm or solid narrative in the record. To provide one last name-drop, What is Chaos? is from the Nurse With Wound school of music, with an added dollop of metal music production. Across the breadth of this anarchic musical spectacle, we pick up snippets of the bass sounds used by Les Claypool in his bleaker moments, and the distinctive audio blitz of Mr. Those who have dabbled in the acquired madness of experimental metal, pulverized with the nuances of avant-garde jazz, may find portions familiar. The name of the game here is chaos at all costs, and in this record we plunge straight into the depths of it. Release date: Septem| Art As Catharsis Records | Spotify | Bandcamp | Facebook Strap in for some terrifying noise-jazz with Kurushimi, the epic movie soundtrack to your ill-fated two-week vacation in the event horizon.
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