Description
Niton Decay – Cage
Seja Records, ltd edition vinyl album
Stefan Gonser and his Traffic A.M. collaborator Michel Kissing, co-producer of Cage, work hard here to make every track as darkly atmospheric as possible, making this a challenge to listen to if you’re in need of something uplifting. Staying firmly in that very dark place takes a very resolute level of detachment and Cage, on the whole is minimal, devoid of any unnecessary accompaniment. It wouldn’t in any way come across as upbeat for any other artist, but ‘Endless’ is probably the most positive track here – a vocal that recalls Joy Division’s Ian Curtis at his most breezy, tentative funk bass and a 1981-vintage beat with some jangly sounds… and then you listen to the lyrics and it’s all messages of collapse, malfunction, pointlessness and a complete and utter absence of hope. If you dare, check out the sheer unadulterated, apocalyptic vibe of the video for ‘Deny The Decay’ – a song that celebrates darkness – where the images are frankly terrifying…
Tracklist:
1. Strange & Silent 02:49
2. Don’t Mind 08:00
3. Deny The Decay 04:46
4. Cage 05:16
5. Endless 06:34
6. Shiver 04:18
7. Trance 10:36
Seja Records
2013-05-23
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