Genre: Industrial / Noise

One untitled track

Reading from their website, ODRZ is group of artists from Italy, focusing mainly on music and sound installations. ODRZ's approach to a live event is not common. Exploring the venue in which the show is about to take place, and adapting their instuments and sounds to macth that particular surrounding as much as possible. This way, instead of forcing the stage on the musicians, the stage get its own unique musical approach. Is that any good? I guess you have to judge it by yourself if you get into one of their shows. All I got is a nice 3" packed in a rough cloth bag .

The description for this particular album, twelfth in their series, and dated 2005, is relevant not only for the album itself but for any ordered shows regarding this particular 12th project. This description states that this project is minimal in its equipment usage and that it is suitable for small venues. I am not sure if that statement affected my opinion or not, but indeed the sounds on this album do give the feeling of a compressed, if not claustrophobic space at times. The album, one untitled track, is clearly divided to several parts. Some on the verge of the dark ambient, Many are much harsher. Several industrial loops mange to raise the tension by coming and going throughout the track, with the company of shrieks so high it can make you dizzy. Distorted vocals are shouting something I am unable to even begin to understand and this phase of the music is gone. Up next is what sounds like a recording of a meeting between a saw and some metallic object. While it might as well be digital (not from the pictures offered on their website, showing these people hitting and cutting metal on stage) , many of the sounds here at least sound like they were not taken from a computer file. The next phase continues with the industrial mayhem, bringing some unclear, distorted vocals. The situation gets more complicated towards the end of the album, with drilling sounds that can turn anyone who went to a dentist in the last year pale with fear. A low, almost hollow drum machine brings a slow rythm to the climax of this track, and escorting the mayhem to the silence at the end.

Many reviews about noise music usually end up sounding almost like an apology, saying that "If you are into harsh noise, go for it, if not, stay away". I think that in this particular case, while the album has its ups and downs, and is a very interesting work after all, the biggest impression it leaves is "You just HAVE to come and see us live!" , as each of their albums might be used as an example for a specific type of a live show, I am more intrigued by how they bring this 12th release into life on stage.