Bleep

Marc Richter momentarily powers down the encroaching darkness his Black To Comm moniker and debuts as Mouchoir Étanche — and all told, he hasn’t gone far off piste. But the 11-minutes of glorious build up that assumes the form of ‘Kommuniqué Zéro’ isn’t just a rehash of the creaking ‘illbient’ he’s been honing for years. Acoustic instrumentation grow terse across digitally-laden drones, and the overall vibe recalls Luc Ferrari and the sacred music of distant continents.