Another artifact dredged from the underground noise scene of the late 90s, this collab between the sadly missed MSBR, a titan of the original Japanese harsh noise field, and the more obscure Blazen Y Sharp,

seems like this was one of two collabs on Kibbutz , the other titled "MSBR & Blazen Y Sharp - Mass For Dead Insects"....I gotta track that down, STAT

Although it's a mere five minutes of sound and presented on a blue marble 7" with just the one side, this recording is sublime. Amid the natural crackle and hiss of the needle on vinyl, the EP unfolds a field of junk metal shimmer and distant grinding sounds into something that gradually begins to take on the aspect of some post-nuke orchestra of percussionists akin to a traditional taiko drumming squad, thunderous in the depths of a compromised public safety shelter, clanking and rumbling percussion building in intensity and volume and power, laying out a huge, muscular groove that shifts between actual drum-like sounds and strange metal-on-metal clang, violent metallic battery and rumble, which dominates almost the whole a-side until it begins to disappear into a ghostly blur of distant voices, drifting feedback, crackling noise. Peals of feedback ring out, mysterious conversations, whirling clunkering noises all teem together in this low-fi peice that slowly fades away into nothingness. I'm not used to hearing anything from MSBR that leans towards this sort of quiet, creepy minimal clatter, but it's a great piece. Almost feels more like something from Z'ev, or one of the Finnish ritual ambient shamans.

Unfortunately, we lost Gender-Less Kibbutz label owner John Sharp himself several years ago, a real loss to both those who knew him and loved him, and the wider underground experimental music scene at large. Sharp's curation with this label was strange and inspired, and there are records in his back-catalog that will make you feel as if you've been rocketed off to some other planet. His work, with not just this release, but all of GK's output, is a materialized labor of love, and a manifestation of aural power. Can't recommend this label's output enough to those of you who live and breathe extreme noise.