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Something for Everyone

D. Borrie | Wellington, New Zealand | 08/05/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Swinging Reflective is a compilation of collaborations between Stapleton and various other avante-garde luminaries, such as Stereolab, Foetus and Current93. As a newcomer to Nurse With Wound, it is difficult to judge the extent of Stapleton's own contribution to each track. Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that the two discs flow in a manner at once chaotic and clever; as each track manifests as a collection of tape-splices and audio jump-cuts executed for humour or shock-value, so each track tends to abut its neighbours in a similar fashion. The collection as a whole is like an extended, trippy tape-collage, whose contents include:- psychedelic 60's drumming, fuzz guitar, primitive electronics, tape effects, signal-processing, improvised vocal ranting, spooky laughing children, radio-dialogue excerpts, and moments of blissful pop melancholy. Anyone with an open mind who has heard and liked music as diverse as Faust, Coil, Can, Broadcast, Swans, Hawkwind, and Einsturzende Neubauten will find plenty of enjoyable listening here."