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| Popmatters |
))_Meets_Nurse_with_Wound_The_Iron_Soul_of_Nothing_09.01.2012.jpg) The recent reissue of Sunn O)))‘s 2000 opus ØØVOID shone a light—as much as it’s possible to illuminate such a shadowy enclave—on the band’s primordial years. A funereal pilgrimage through droning realms, ØØVOID had all the chest-crushing weight and intestinal-churning tone any fan of avant-garde metallic thrills could ever wish for. And while the band could have easily ended the lesson there, and we’d have been perfectly sated, Sunn O)))‘s decision in 2007 to commission Nurse With Wound (NWW) to re-work the album was a particularly wise choice. ØØVOID was originally tweaked and twisted by NWW to appear on a bonus disc accompanying the reissue of the album by Japanese label Daymare Recordings. The resulting work, titled The Iron Soul of Nothing, is not so much a remix but a reconstruction from the master tapes. Applying the same singular creative vision NWW’s own work is renowned for—its abstract and capricious purveyance of “sinister whimsy to the wretched”—NWW founder Steven Stapleton, along with cohort Colin Potter, completely transmogrified ØØVOID. Choosing NWW to re-work the album in such a fashion was no happy accident. Sunn O)))‘s original brief was to aim for something akin to NWW’s famed slice of dark-ambient majesty Soliloquoy for Lilith. What they got back was something Sunn O)))‘s Stephen O’Malley noted was “way beyond our expectations… a vast sonic journey, some part drone… other part concrete weirdness… third part just downright out there…” And listening to a track like “Ash on the Trees” reveals a fantastic sense of eccentricity at play—the formerly obscured vocals of Pete Stahl are mixed with harsh industrial screeches, tape hiss galore, plenty of baleful effects and a crawling, indolent riff (one of the few recognizable elements from ØØVOID you’ll hear). Given Stapleton’s and David Tibet’s history, the track’s ecclesiastical, warped chanting lends a certain Current 93 tone in parts, but its corrosive reimagining also highlights NWW’s steadfast resolve to completely dismantle ØØVOID and rebuild it from the ground-up, smearing it with its own particular brand of sonic incantations. In truth, the results can’t have been that much of a surprise for Sunn O))). Since NWW’s inception in 1978, originator and mainstay Steven Stapleton has been crafting acclaimed avant-garde, industrial, drone and ambient works prolifically—keeping track of the band’s discography must be a nightmare for avid fans. And Stapleton is no stranger to the reinterpretation game, releasing a plethora of remixes of his own works, and collaborating with a vast swath of notable indie and experimental artists on remix albums. It seems at times as if every second NWW release is a remix of another, and that’s no complaint. Stapleton is a master at rediscovering nuance and untapped arteries of possibility....full text |
| Editionsmego |
| "In 2007 we commissioned Nurse With Wound to re-work the masters of SUNN O)))’s second album “ØØVOID” to be included as a bonus CD on the Japanese reissue of said album released a year later on Daymare Recordings. We dug up the original 2" reels from the 2000 session, had Mell Dettmer bake the tapes, made the multitrack transfers and send the drive over to IC studios. The intial brief was to hopefully come up with to come up with something in the veiin of Nurse’s legendary Soliloquoy for Lilith set (my favorite release of the collective). What was returned was way beyond our expectations, completely transformed and rediscovered material, including highlighting formerly obscured vocals of the legendary Pete Stahl (Scream, Wool, Goatsnake). A vast creepy sonic journey some part drone/depth of SUNN O))), other part concrete weirdness of Nurse, third part just downright out there in surreality and obscure referencing." —Stephen O'Malley...full text |
| Boomkat |
| This is an album of Nurse With Wound remixes of Sunn 0))). You shouldn't need any further inducement to buy it, but hey, we'll indulge you...These are NWW versions of Sunn's ØØVOID LP, and first appeared as a bonus disc on the 2008 Japan edition of the album; Stephen O'Malley has now dusted them down for a dedicated vinyl release on his Ideologic Organ imprint. It's a clash of the titans, yes, but the results are more pensive and subtle than you might expect: Stephen Stapleton and Colin Potter zone in on the ambient character of the source material, and bring to it their own expertise in that field: the miasmic drones of Dsnystaxis have more in common with The Caretaker or GAS than metal, while 'Ash On The Trees' brings Pete Stahl's imploring vocal - virtually inaudible in the original track - right to the fore, only to submerge it in a swamp of mercilessly reverbed SOMA guitar, smashed glass and digital shrapnel. If, like us, you have a soft spot for Nurse but have spent the last two decades craving something as considered, engrossing and creepily beautiful as their '88 masterpiece Soliloquy For Lilith (also O'Malley's favourite release of theirs, apparently), then it's fair to say your time has come. Jaw-droppingly good....full text |
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