Last night saw a rare live performance from industrial noisemaker, Elyseum. Two members appeared on stage to unleash loud, low frequency drones backed with heavy electronic percussion.
Mark Angel usually retires to the studio creating, and releasing, his work through the fledgling Syndrom Records, so tonight was a rare, live performance. Elyseum’s sonic onslaught was part of a three band event to promote Hungarian band Budosok who were touring in the UK during November with local band Foul Geese.
Standing in front of the PA, spectators were attacked with sub bass and noise emanating from the Mark Angel’s keyboards. The set was made up from new material with added percussive thumps and taped media coming from an ancient Revox at the back of the stage. Percussion was beaten out by a member of Syndrom band, Kontrolle – heavily distorted through its own repetition adding to a different sound unavailable on any Elyseum release.
The set opened with a different version of “Wrench”, backed with recordings of a telephone discussion between a reporter and a suicide photographer from Beachy Head – creating an ominous introduction. Other reworked tracks included “Grinder”, “Dead Inside” and the brilliant “Sub Harmonic Generator”.
The show ended in a crescendo of feedback and distortion as the tape finished flapping against an empty reel, leaving Angels delay pedal oscillating to the oncoming cold night.
Mark Angel usually retires to the studio creating, and releasing, his work through the fledgling Syndrom Records, so tonight was a rare, live performance. Elyseum’s sonic onslaught was part of a three band event to promote Hungarian band Budosok who were touring in the UK during November with local band Foul Geese.
Standing in front of the PA, spectators were attacked with sub bass and noise emanating from the Mark Angel’s keyboards. The set was made up from new material with added percussive thumps and taped media coming from an ancient Revox at the back of the stage. Percussion was beaten out by a member of Syndrom band, Kontrolle – heavily distorted through its own repetition adding to a different sound unavailable on any Elyseum release.
The set opened with a different version of “Wrench”, backed with recordings of a telephone discussion between a reporter and a suicide photographer from Beachy Head – creating an ominous introduction. Other reworked tracks included “Grinder”, “Dead Inside” and the brilliant “Sub Harmonic Generator”.
The show ended in a crescendo of feedback and distortion as the tape finished flapping against an empty reel, leaving Angels delay pedal oscillating to the oncoming cold night.
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