January 26, 2012

Decimus – Decimus 1 LP / Decimus 5 LP (Kelippah)

Two offerings out of a projected dozen albums for the 2011-12 season (seven have already been released) from NNCK/Malkuth man Pat Murano. The music from these 12 albums is meant to serve as meditations on the zodiac calendar as described by Latin poet Decimus Ausonius. Murano has no beef with heading straight into the overbearing realm of darkness, with longform, claustrophobic, pressurized drones and rhythmic patterns that extend to a forced horizon, vibrating with a form of secular hostility not known in the artist’s other endeavors. Strange, hyper-present sound that you will probably have to meet halfway. Stenciled sleeves on these two; have not seen the other ten albums but many more are around now than just these two. (email to kelippah@gmail.com)
(Doug Mosurock)