James Hoff – Blaster

Artist: James Hoff
Title Of Album: Blaster
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: PAN / PAN55
Genre: Experimental, Noise
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 00:30:18
Total Size: 69 mb

Tracklist:
1. Blaster (02:00)
2. Lasterb (02:16)
3. Asterbl (01:23)
4. Sterbla (03:03)
5. Terblas (01:17)
6. Erblast (02:47)
7. Rblaste (02:25)
8. Scratch (14:59)

Returning to PAN for the first time since 2011’s 19-minute sound piece How Wheeling Feels When The Ground Walks Away, New York-based conceptual artist James Hoff presents Blaster. Based around an intriguing concept to say the least, Blaster is described as a “document of his explorations of computer viruses as agents within the composition process,” using the computer virus of the same name to “infect” 808 rhythms and construct all-new shapes out of the resulting audio mulch. As you might expect from such a concept, the resulting audio is extreme to say the least; glitchy, abrasive and wildly unpredictable, each of the eight tracks splutter and misfire like a jammed machine gun. While PAN’s recently released Miseri Lares from Valerio Tricoli showed the label’s more delicate experimental side, Blaster is very much PAN in full on sonic assault mode.