william Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I'm very excited and honored to be able to have this record on amethyst sunset. PROVIDIEN is Nathan Reynolds and Mark Van Fleet PROVIDIEN "FOLLOWED BY A WRAITH" AMETHYST SUNSET 008 “The Midwest is a real Shangri-la for bohemia basement bleakness so it’s not real surprising that loner tape grime duo PROVIDIEN hail from the snow-blasted state of Ohio, and have a grim grassroots aura that just feels RIGHT. Led by Sword Heaven electrician Mark Van Fleet and partner-in-crime/childhood friend Nathan Reynolds (also of weirdo goths American Jobs), PROVIDIEN’s debut, “Followed By A Wraith”, sprawls from disembodied horror atmospherics to no-fi sludge death marches to pure weirdo home-taper acoustic guitar meltdowns, each new zone more unsettling and brainwashed than the last. Has elements of Mammal (especially the recent drone-suicide ballads), The Shadow Ring (just replace all the British stuff with raw American sloth), and various other esoteric cassette miserablists, but that’s just a roundabout way of saying this shit rules.” - Britt Brown The LP is limited to 200 copies on black vinyl with color center labels and a paste on cover Sound sample of one of two songs can be found here; http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/ available right now at Used Kids 1980 N High St Columbus Ohio or by sending $16.00 paypal to wirrzbow at gmail dot com or by using the shopping cart system on www.amethystsunset.net - coming in 2011 1958-2009 LP SEAN MCCANN LP HNY LP STILLBIRTH CDs RENE HELL / COPPER GLOVE LP more... http://www.amethystsunset.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Agit Reader Review; http://www.agitreader.com/primitivefutures/providien-followed_by_a_wraith.html Providien Followed By a Wraith Amethyst Sunset For those who have been following the myriad of releases from Amethyst Sunset, you are already aware of the noise scene’s Teutonic shift out of the caves, warehouses and art spaces and into the cosmos of psychedelia and even damaged loner folk. The label’s latest record comes from the depths of Columbus and the minds of Mark Van Fleet (half of the duo Sword Heaven) and his life-long confidant, Nathan Reynolds (who also plays in American Jobs). Providien’s Followed By a Wraith shouldn’t be that much of a stretch for listeners used to Sword Heaven’s infernally primeval racket. The record does come with instructions “for private listening exclusively,” and from the outset, it’s apparent that Providien is not for the faint of heart. Even those used to noise and drone of this varietal may have trouble digging in, as there’s actually structure hiding underneath and actual songs being thrown into a well of despair—not typical of your average noise record. Followed By a Wraith isn’t your average noise record, starting with the confusion as to which speed this record should be played. I’ve come to discover that either pace will work, but 33⅓ is the norm, and as such, the album’s lead, “Red Man’s Vietnam” comes forth like the bellow from an ogre’s den. Using a junk box including “radio, cassettes, and metals,” Van Fleet and Reynolds thrash in typically chaotic fashion. Tracks like “Group Birth” and “Samonella Bunker Blues,” are completely blown out, heavy electronic romps, with machines using up the last shot of adrenaline to lurch towards an uncomfortable demise. Those huge swaths of industrial clang and organ drone do well to counter the true underbelly of Followed By a Wraith. That side sometimes mirrors the downer sludge punk of Jim Shepard’s V-3 or, on “No Other,” the repetitious biker blues of Raven and Circuit Rider played in reverse, filling up the room with a choking exhaust, the fumes overpowering the improvised choogle. But as previously stated, Providien makes slow-motion shifts towards this new arena, usually obscuring these decrepit loner laments with a frightening amount of texture, be it feedback squall, distressed morse code or corrosives melting steel. However, when the curtain is drawn, as it is on “Next One,” Providien reveals a singular moaning voice and an out-of-tune acoustic guitar plucking out Jandekian minimalism to soul-bearing effect. Perhaps the greatest clue on Followed By a Wraith comes in the finale, “Keep Something,” where the duo cleans the slate and starts resembling the deep psych of Kraut pioneers like Ash Ra Tempel and Agitation Free (or to us a more current reference, like the mammoth awakening of Emeralds). If one were to take the title literally, the wraith following these two around is pointing them in the direction of a new frontier, a plane where noise and psych and organic wallowing can co-exist, a world both beautiful and disturbing. Some sound samples of the upcoming Amethyst Sunset here; Sean McCann - "Transplanted Heart" from Sincere World http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/sean-mccann-transplanted-heart Imaginary Softwoods - "Eye Color" from The Path of Spectrolite http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/imaginary-softwoods-eye-color HNY - "Hot Like The Sun" from Here You Can Touch The Sky http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/hny-hot-like-the-sun 1958-2009 http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/1958-2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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