Murder by Static

“Exsits”
Label: Deadsix Communications
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(2.5/5)

This is the fifth full length release from Murder by Static, the solo project from Chris Stephniewski. Not having heard any previous material from Murder by Static, it’ll be hard to compare this to prior releases but I’d think it a safe bet that anyone into instrumental noise experimentation, glitch and ambient music would find a good deal to enjoy here. Pulsing, rhythmic and often very intense.. the best moments of this release definitely occur in the sparse yet very effective quiet moments. The release isn’t without it’s faults though. It’s extremely tiring to listen to. At first it seems that there is a pretty broad pallet of sounds being used on the release but while listening through the whole CD it becomes there isn’t a great deal of variety going on with a lot of the dominant percussive elements which in some cases get very redundant and honestly, kind of annoying. That combined with the entire mix being so “in your face”, ear fatigue set in pretty quickly. This can be attributed to a few things… the sounds, the mix, the mastering… it’d be hard to place that on any one department but it does get in the way of enjoying the release as much as I normally would with something that simply wasn’t physically tiring to hear. Stand out tracks: “Liris” and “Sylum Glaze”.

Review by;
Chvad SB