Review by DjBatman
3 stars out of 4
I got this one directly from the artists in late'97... I was supposed
to use one of the tracks in a compilation cd for the Italian market...
but the cd went on hold indefinitely weeks ago. I got in contact with
the band by Rev.Otis F. Odder of The Bran Flakes fame. He's into massive
sample use, tape mixing and hardcore use of found-sounds in general, so
he adviced me to listen to Antediluvian's stuff. They sound like an
Australian techno version of Negativland (hmmm... incidentally, in the
US they had this album published on Seeland, Negativland's label). There
are a few atmospheric moments, like the spoken bits on "20.000
(ph7)" or the Bentley Rhythm Ace-ish funk revival of "Orange"
(entirely made of samples, just like most of the album). The rest is
four-on-the-floor beats, burps, funny bits, weird voices, sometimes
disturbing noises of all kinds and fragments of radio (err! Was that
Lennon's "Woman"?) ;) I like their stuff even if I suspect
their work is not easily enjoyable for the occasional listener... but,
after all, this is "Music for the Odd Occasion". ;)
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