This blog isn't normally a place for superlatives or hyperbole, but this is an absolute masterpiece from Poka Michelson. As with most of her output at the time, it's more akin to some of SPK's early hardcore-sounding gear than any actual hardcore at the time(or even since then). The mood shifts at the drop of a hat, with layered collages of atmospherics, treated vocals and what sounds like about 38 abused EMS VCS3s coming and going in the blink of an eye with scant regard for continuity.
She(and her sister Stella, who will feature on the blog at some point too) has a flair for both the demonic and the absurd, and both sisters' work has a tension and energy unparallelled in most 'extreme' music. They demand respect on their own musical merits, neither exploiting or being held back by gender, and without ego or loud faux-punk 'attitude'. There is a false belief that in this area of music there are almost no women operating, but the truth is that, just like all musicians, the best ones tend not to be self-publicists.
Anyone who has wandered onto this page from any of the industrial themed blogspot sites would do well to look more into these two.
Anyway that's enough gushing, the tone of the next post will be back to it's usual stoic curatorship.
A1 Dome (6:33)
A2 Pussy Cat (7:52)
B1 Dead (4:50)
B2 Terzorg (6:13)
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PS: Terzorg also accidentally ended up on Axe Breaker by Curley. It was also pressed much slower than it is here.
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