Javier Hernando / Angel Lalinde / Alain Wergifosse - Casamata [Industrial Complexx]

Released via the Valencia-based Industrial Complexx label on January 19th, 2k26 is "Casamata", a new collaborational album effort cooked up by long-standing Industrial / Experimental Music pioneers Javier Hernando, Angel Lalinde and Alain Wergifosse who are going back to their roots with this one according to the accompanying press sheet, employing classic original production techniques harking back to the very beginning of the Industrial movent. Over the course of eight pieces and a total runtime of roughly 39 minutes the triumvirate explores a highly experimental sonic realm opening with a collage of layered, yet distant motor sounds and interceptions of harsh and heavy metallic sweeps in "Interior" culminating in hostile Noize eruptions towards the end whereas "El Centro" brings forth a whirling maelstrom of toxic alien sludge - or: lava - in combination with repetitve beeps, drowning echoes of what seem to be remnants of vocals in the very background of the mix and short modulation sweeps of probably electro-acoustic nature. With "Sobrevuelo" the trio explores rather calm, yet earth shaking low end movents, Scanner'esque communication recordings and a brooding, claustrophobic take on Dark Ambient for those who know whereas "Reconstruction" brings forth cold swathes of brittle, ever decaying midrange frequencies reminiscent of respiratory devices embedded into swampy Cold Ambient and an ever intensifying feel of psychic tension whereas "Transicion" fully enters a realm of genuinely evil and abrasive Harsh Noize. Furthermore we see "Corredor" on a rather subdued and minimalistic tip in comparison to its predecessor, allowing for a moment of relief whilst "Exterior" follows up with the sound of ever moving electrical currents and interferences as well as ultra high pitch variations at the upper end of the audible spectrum in combination with ghostly echoing voices before "Salidas" rounds things off in a rather spatial, yet therefore not less intense or hostile take on grinding exoterrestrial Noize music. Recommended for those who can take it.