Single Unit "Family of Forces" Jester Records trick 019 2001 (32:41)
moving in caves, enter abstract (1:28)
5th
cumming (5:05)
tremelo
confidence (2:10)
P,P & P intro (1:49)
Passion Pirates and Parasites (5:39)
memory edit (2:36)
fluktrute (:31)
orgei alene (1:29)
animal simulations (1:34)
oi (:14)
sugar diet dynamics (1:53)
ANTLERS! ANTLERS!
ANTLERS! (1:44)
J.O.Y.
(3:04)
stikk-kontakt feber (1:04)
spray dagger (1:10)
nerve play (1:10)
Single Unit is a single man, Are Mokkelbost, and he is entirely responsible for the music and visuals of "Family of Forces". The artwork features very curious black/white drawings of abstract shapes and human/animal characters framed in Macintosh styled screens. And much like the music, it's difficult to make heads or tails of it all. The 16 oddly titled tracks, most less than 2 minutes apiece, are cleverly laid out in a grid on the back, each with it's own progress bar giving you a relative idea of how long the track is and how far along you are into the near 33 minutes total that make up the disc. Mokkelbost's musical mission seems to include that of merging metal/hardcore with electronica, believe it or not. Appropriated snippets of guitar/bass/drum onslaughts are painstakingly re-assembled alongside electronic and organ-like melodies into new songs. Imagine Slayer playing carnival music, then having Kid 606 remix it, and you'll get a rough idea. It's mostly noisy and schizophrenic, but also refined, making for a confusingly natural fusion of playful and menacing sounds and moods. Fun!
Where did I get this cd? - promo from Jester.