Goretex Weather Report, by Shining, on In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster (2005)
All the reviewers agree on that: Goretex Weather Report is the most eloquent masterpiece of a very peculiar album. The music on In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster sounds just as weird as the title: very. The result of a band formed by talented norwegian musicians coming from genres as varied as jazz, rock, hip-hop and pop (including members from Jaga Jazzist).
The start will first intrigue to the listener, allowing a vague impression to recognize a flute, a bass, a saxophone, yet even the simple handclap sounds alien somehow. Then comes a shift to a heavy rock sequence, caracterized by strange rhythms and instruments, before it slows down to rest with a calmer part lead by an extra-terrestrial flute towards the final assault of guitars and noise and drums, accompanied by attacks of subtle electronic beeps carrying the musical battle.
Oppressive, rich, overwhelming, 5 minutes of a contemporary symphony that melts genres with an insolent ease. From free jazz, they borrowed the unusual rhythms and loose communications between the instruments, from rock they took heavy guitar riffs and radiohead-like cord screams, from electronic they picked glue and effects to make it all sound unnatural.
Definitely unique, it sounds more like an orchestra of mechanical alien vegetal monsters than a norwegian band. I can't wait for the next harvest.
