Anakrid / Unodos

Beta-lactam Ring

A double-CD set compiling ANAKRID’s self released LPs. "Anakrid is the experimental outlet of CHRIS BICKEL (the raconteur behind IN/HUMANITY, one of the greatest groups of hardcore agitators of the ‘90s, and its follow-up, GUYANA PUNCH LINE). Here he applies the smashist manifesto against atavistic darkness of the pre-laptop variety, evoking an affected take on Nurse With Wound and their contemporaries aether in more than a few ways. This comparison is particularly apt on ‘Father,’ recorded with what sounds like a home full of disused instruments, second-hand sound sculpture, and the ideas found on countless cassette-only XPR releases of the ‘80s, returning to roost on the mostly empty temple of No Fun style extremity. It’s balanced, rhythmically primal, fairly engaging head music that leverages the occasional reheating of landmark ideas with a refreshing purity of craft wholly missing from the current noise landscape.” Pressed in an edition of 400 copies.

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