Ten Catastrophes in the History of the World and of Music
simpcity | 06/08/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"1991 Dusseldorfer stuff for rivetheads and foundsound fans. Let's see: we have guard dogs, a pack of Canadian timber wolves living at the zoo, a propjet taxiing [my guess is a Fokker 50], ukelele, a bit of sound for everyone.Lufthunger means hunger for air (asphyxia), and the cd is essentially a symphony summarizing 650 million years of extinctions and other catastrophes. Ordovician and Jurassic are two of my favorite tracks, the latter featuring the timber wolves.This is good late-at-night contemplation stuff, a sound texture best explored as a solitary experience in a darkened room. I am at a bit of a loss to come up with comparisons. The first track seems to allude to Ralph Vaughn-Williams London Symphony. On a mood level, it resembles some of the best of Jeff Greinke; however, Jeff rarely uses found sounds. Fans of Sweden's Lustmord might also enjoy Lufthunger. Those of us who love the sounds of airports and railyards will most certainly already own this cd."