antifade: immunoflourescence

ant-if.jpg (19k) antifade: immunoflourescence
(Dank Disk - 2000)

immunoflourescence comes alight with unobtrusive beatsystems and dubby bass flavors stirred into antifade's often-ephemeral haze of free-floating synthsations and processed guitar.

jon coats is in charge of beats, drones and production while travis hartnett handles guitar and treatments.

Steadfastly low-key rhythms and bass open the door to quentin hotel's swirling island-style synthhaze. A sparsely arranged electro-getaway of prince jellyfish; gorgeous and spacious, the track features lightly reverberating beats. dread rotation delves further into warmly rippling dub-like stylings.

Only the intro's faintly "Oriental" textures point eastward to the lovely japanese sunset; for the most part the pleasant evening glow consists of subdued rhythms and brightening synthclouds. Writhing guitartronic streamers wisp through the resonance of squelch, backed by mid-tempo e-beats. Bass pulsations and faint voice fragments are woven into the soft, undulating fabric of grey area (3:24), another gently rhythmic piece.

A little extra "thud" is added to the opening beats of ultraviolet which then steers into familiarly floaty reggae-bass-powered zones. A luxurious wash of pastel smears are eventually accented with gritty textures and looped through with acrylic doodles. A "scientist" voice briefly mentions the colors of the spectrum in immunoflourescence which wafts on soaring sheets and faraway piano notes, with periodic static. Smooth choral drones join echoey cymbal patter in the lengthier closing track; 0.095 dub (24:07) evolves into various modes such as a bass-driven floatation phase, a period of disintegrated radio voices slipping out of a shapeless backdrop, a pensive cycle of note-droplets, a hovering passage of deeper space rumblings, and more...

Upon the first listen or two, immunoflourescence didn't glow as brightly, seeming a bit raw around the edges. Subsequent earfuls though have revealed this second helping to be a most pleasant place to drift, with a bit of additional energy provided by laid-back perussive vibes. A fluorescently radiating 8.5 for an able pair of do-it-yourselfers.

We first met antifade with last year's black panel mix; this disc shows definite development.

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This review posted September 30, 2000

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