Genre: Experimental Subversive Electronics

Track Listing:

01 Katchka Restart
02 Destructur
03 Cavern Sunshine
04 Macbooking
05 Thortheory
06 Pounieche
07 Granulizastores
08 Helltrain
09 Nippongrimeclub
10 Delay Stage
11 Doumthedrummer

Well, after returning to the cityscape after a soothing time in the Scandinavian mountains Zeller is just the kind of music needed to wake up from the dreamlike state of delirium the beautiful north can induce you in. After just a few tracks I realised that Audio Vandalism sure do not deserve its name for even in the most noised parts its core is still very harmonic and pure. Baked into most songs are various clips from as diverse areas such as Counter-strike voices and some Japanese ranting that sound very animesque. While this is nothing new it certainly suits this type of music perfectly, especially since it enhances the rhythmic sounds even more in its mysterious applications. Audio Vandalism starts out with a slow ambient track moody with rhythm and heavy brooding drones.

The reverbs of the background create the perfect atmosphere for the percussion bleeding across the surface, all in all a very beautiful track. After listening to a few tracks I realise that it is the beats and the percussion that is the heart of this music. Like a beating pulse it brings life to most of the other styles baked into this unholy mess of styles and samplings, this becomes especially true after listening to tracks such as Granulizastores who reeks of rhythmic noise similar to that of Monokrom. I have a really hard time narrowing down a few words to describe this album, it is just like describing the growth of a flower. It may seem simple enough of the surface but after realising how chaos turns itself inward to craft the shape of a simple leaf all that you though you could describe suddenly feel way heavier than before.

If anything is to be said about the sound in general it should be the perfect mixture of dreamlike ambience, mysterious melodies, weird samplings, rhythmic noise and brooding dark basses. All in all this works very well and it seems to me that France have earned yet another golden star in the electronical underground. One thing I have to complain about however is that most of the textures sometimes feel heavily borrowed from various sound effects in games and similar. Perhaps this is unintentional but some of the atmospheric parts in the background remind me heavily of various soundtracks from various horror shooters.

This is probably a coincidence since plenty of the “good” sounds in the world have been used before one way or another. After repeatedly consuming this albums content I still feel overly satisfied with the lingering sensation it leaves. Staring out at a rather snow-clad Stockholm from the underground gave me an apetite for more. Zeller might have been totally unknown for me before this review but now he left me lingering for more, I might not be the biggest fan of experimental hybrids such as this but it sure proves that music in itself is rather limitless in its own shape and forms.

After listening through and through my final conclusion is that this is a very good album, the artwork and layout is exquisite, the music perfect for the shaping of brooding urban landscapes and the mood it sets is quite remarkable for both listening and creating a distinct background. Check it out; this is quite possible, as the review background told me, a missing link between all kinds of weird styles.