Lustmord - Other

There are two sides to every coin. Heads here sees cult icon and creator of the “dark ambient” genre, Lustmord, embark on a campaign of unsettling, abstract musical intimidation. Other is the soundtrack to a serial-killer, kerb-crawling the dark streets of some rain-soaked urban downtown. A brooding David Lynch montage of charcoal shapes and shifting patterns set against a backdrop of maloevolent intent. Tails, however, sees a Welshman named Brian Williams subject us to 78 minutes of largely featureless rumbling noises and occassional metallic clanks. It very much stretches conventional definitions of music and going the distance must surely qualify as hard work for even the most determined experimentalist. Certainly, it's no wonder that Lustmord is in high demand for soundtracks, as this is an extremely atmospheric piece of work. Yet, collaborations with Melvins' Buzz Osborne and Tool's Adam Jones notwithstanding, it's a little hard to imagine why anyone might listen to this in any other context. [Chris Cusack]