XXXX Goh Lee Kwang:::: Nerve Center

1. A Lie To Liar (excerpt, vbr mp3)
2. NERVE CENTER
3. Deep
4. Fragments (excerpt, vbr mp3)

Samplers from anywhere, organized, mixing & mastering by Goh Lee Kwang 2001~ 2002.

Audio CD, hard-case... Out of Print
60min++
Release date: October 2002
12 Euros + shipping

*Physical copy sold out*
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Whatever his influences or working methods, the resulting music is absolutely engrossing. Risky, dangerous even, but most definitely worth checking out
:: Dan Warburton, Paris Translation

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The title track is more impressive and disruptive. It opens on a loud outburst of sickening noise, it touches a nerve all right. Somewhere between Koji Asano's most hole-drilling works and Merzbow's digital phase, it packs a lot of non-linear action in its 13 minutes. But the highlight of the set is "Deep." A simple, slow electric bass guitar motif (real or sampled?) provides a dark atmosphere. You can hear the string flapping as each note fades. Goh gradually introduces digital noise, making it travel in the stereo field and color the landscape. Drums come in at midpoint, the lo-fi pounding suddenly evoking the Argentinean improv group Reynols. The process is reversed in the last minutes, coming back to that one bass riff: simple, effective, done with art :: Francois Couture, All Music Guide