Release year 2009
4 tracks, 41 minutes
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Db9" is a collaborative album between Daniele Brusaschetto and Benny Braaten delving in noise territory, here's a few words about it by Daniele Brusaschetto himself:
"I got to know Benny by mail sometimes during the '90s and in January 1998 we shared the stage for the first time in Turin, Italy. In October 2004 Benny was in Italy again to play gigs as Origami Galaktika, he stayed at my place for a few days and on such occasion we recorded "Db9". For this work Mr. Origami fed a bass guitar and some field-recordings to various pedals/effects, I recorded the session and subsequently manipulated the result. The title stands for "Daniele Brusaschetto Benny" as his name is spelled just like "b9" in Norvegian."
REVIEW
Recorded in Italy at Brusaschetto's house while Braaten was touring there under the Origami Galaktika moniker, "Db9" (a play on both Brusaschetto's name and Braaten's other project, B9) is pedal effects heavy, mostly recorded by Braaten on bass and field recordings, and later knob-twisted by Brusaschetto.Surprisingly, for such a process, the four tracks (titled "Uno" through "Quatro") are not all that repetitive, nor are they pure noise. There is a feel of direction and purpose, and progression, rather than merely a loop, of sounds.It isn't until "Tre" that the bass truly comes out from the mix in full force, and is a fine lead into four "("Quatro") which has elements of a space jam, with enough industrial menace to end things on a high, just not on a comfortable high.Daniele Brusaschetto and Benny Braaten are both veterans of the ambient and noise wars. Their various solo projects attest to their mutual interest in sound collage that builds off of random sounds yet find a common thread within those sounds to create new experiments in volume. "Db9" is adventurous but approachable, and fascinating at each turn. ( Mike Wood )
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