Bleep

The project 'On' is a collaboration between French composer/producer Sylvain Chauveau and Chicago-based percussionist Steven Hess (Haptic, Pan American). This time around the three hours of delicate source material was handled by none other than Norwegian master of dark ambient Helge Sten, aka Deathprod. Sten's characteristic smudged ambience is evident as he submerges Chauveau and Hess's compositions beneath a swamp of cavernous reverb and synthesized smoke. Hess's patented percussive drones are filtered into the distant buzz of an insect's wings, and Chauveau's prepared guitar becomes a tectonic rumble from another continent. A special record...