Review Chain D.L.K.

In reviewing Aalfang's previous cdr release, "Mezethakla Mukabalatt", I pointed out how the project was really intriguing but still a bit unrefined in its blend of acid folk guitars, drones and concrete music. Well, while fully maintaining their formula, Mirko Uhlig and friends (five additional musicians, this time - no info on who plays what) have improved a lot in this new work. Current 93's "Earth covers earth" could be a suitable reference for the folkish movements of suites like "Jaja ungarinyin und nun zur leiche am ufer" and "Träumereien in den innereien eines toten sperlings", but most of all Nurse With Wound's surrealistic tecniques seem to be a huge influence for Aalfag. This time, pitch-bent and backward voices, manipulated instruments and ambient drones (and a few annoying stabs of noise) are mixed with great skill and sense of composition - pure organized madness, with the typical flavour of bad trip psychedelia which is so typical of good old Kraut music. I'm now pretty curious of hearing the band's collaborative 3" with Emerge (just released by Verato) and the upcoming cdr on Mystery Sea.

By Eugenio Maggi