The bastard son of DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing... and Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music, Necro Deathmort’s album, This Beat is Necrotronic, came to my attention from some friends joking about the name. However, having taken a listen, I’m finding it quite interesting. This might be because I’ve been travelling by train this week. DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing… is one of my favourite albums and when I was about 14 I borrowed Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed from the Walsall library, and whilst it is a cacophony of feedback and noise there was something intriguing about it. It has texture and it has it’s own internal rhythm. After listening to Necro Deathmort today I went back to Metal Machine Music. Only managed about 20 minutes before I gave up on the din. I was listening on headphones. I should do that thing that the yoof do on buses and play it out of the tiny speaker on my iPhone.
I’ve no real idea who Necro Deathmort are. It seems to be an experimental project from a couple of producer types. Musically it’s fractured beats, electronica, drones, doomy ambient. The sort of music that appeals to people who like to mess about with guitar effects pedals for hours. I’m one of those sorts of people and I have found today that I keep going back to it for another listen. The track I’ve selected for today is Necro Effigy. There are other great song titles on the album such as “I Fought the Law and the Law Won Because Fighting is Against the Law” but this is a starter for you.
The album is available for free legal download from their record company’s website, although because they seem to have been hacked there is some hoops to jump through to get the actual link. You can get it via their Facebook page though.
Sorry it’s Spotify links all the way today. Necro Deathmort are currently unavailable on Youtube.
