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Magik Markers, "Inverted Belgium"
By my count this is the third version released of this 'infamous' Belgian Magik Markers show. The interest in this particular May 9th 2005 show stems from the fact that it ended with Elisa Ambrogio impersonating Carrie at her bloodiest after a bass in the face. This may not be the definitive release, but with Prurient editing and remastering the gig for, and I’m quoting here, "maximum dog shit sound" it’s the heaviest.
Ripped from the Undead in Belgium CD-R, this version of events is an overloaded, deconstructed and wordlessly violent witness statement. It's a combination of muffled purposeful neglect on the vocals / percussion and convulsing feedback of some smoking lighter fuel stinking snake charmer. There’s a glint sometimes from the jagged edge of the meat-punching drums that sound more like glass showered pummelled fat.
The smoke of uprooted municipal buildings hides Elisa’s harridan marching orders as they are rammed back in the mix. This mishmash of Gysin splinters, customer complaints and broken minded rant infrequently comes into focus as if carried by a random wind.
The near constant beat of some amphetamine metronome is driven though the floor like utterly derailed hardcore. This single song ploughs though steel tracks, gravel, grass, dirt and homesteads before ending smoking in a twisted heap. Prurient (aka Dominik Fernow) has also made the correct move to edit out the show’s "Louie Louie" finale. Without this song the set is removed from the oft-discussed musical (from garage to punk to hardcore to free) and cultural (American abroads) context and sits them outside and alone in Belgium. The word ‘ugly’ gets thrown around a little too often in reference to sound and atmosphere; this needs to be one of the new benchmarks.
 
