Tactile is an experimental collective, which at the time of Inscape's release, consisted of Sentrax-label boss John Everall, Teresa Mills, of whom I know pretty much nothing about, except for some album art credited to her name on a few releases I happen to own (The Trace Decay-disc and Scorn's White irises blind just to name a few), and Dael Walker, of whom I honestly know nothing about either, except for these three links to his current ongoings which I found while skimming through Google results in my Sherlock Holmes-mode.
The music itself has a simple but working recipe to it. Everything, from beginning to the end, is comprised of fluttering drones and looped sounds. Although the album is totally void of beats and vocalisations, the flowing textures of sound and the throbbing synths drive the album forward. Inscape is constantly moving with small fragments of manipulated static and bleeping noises. The sounds wash back and forth for a moment, only to fade out into silence the next.
Judging by the booklet, the album is intended as an homage to "the goat-footed balloon man", and as a shout-out to early experimental greats including Coil, Drew McDowall and Lustmord. Even my fellow countryman Mika Vainio gets credited for inspiration.
Although the approach is rather simple, the primitive atmosphere still manages to keep me in it's grasp through the six tracks of the disc easily. For the next fifty minutes, take a ride into the cold and barren emotional landscapes of Tactile.
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(95+08MB/320CBR)
