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PT11

VEYOU - Carcass in the Mist  c10

A.  Carcass in the Mist  mp3
B.  Metal Shaker

Source material taken from VEYOU's (only) concert at Metal Shaker, Chicago.
Basementronics by Nick Hoffman and Stephen Holliger.
50 copies
Released April 2011

OUT OF PRINT



REVIEWS:

Animal Psi
October 1, 2011
Veyou – ‘Carcass in the Mist’ 
Without a doubt my favorite thing Nick Hoffman has set his mind – and label – to so far.  Hoffman (Katchmare, labels Scissor Death and Pilgrim Talk) collaborates with Stephen Holliger as Veyou for this painfully-short C10 called ‘Carcass in the Mist’.  Evoking more mist than carcass, the pair of tracks thrive on breathing room and nurturing repetition to develop into two immediately-immersive listening escapes.  Self-titled “basement electronics”, their approach is less exiled than introverted, meaning the music they produce isn’t the anxious sound of rejection and loathing but rather quiescent and purposeful.  They want to be there.  Having now flipped the tape over several times, I no longer know which is the title track and which is “Metal Shaker”, but the gilded silt of one’s looping drone works in rich compliment to the watery airs of the other, where voices distend and strings pang under an ungiving tape buzz.  Half machines and half atmosphere, the pair capture most of what’s right with experimental music in the time it takes most folks to decide they’ll scrap their set.  50 copies and highly recommended.

Vital Weekly (Frans de Waard)

Hoffman, together with Stephen Holliger (who is also known as Swim Ignorant Fire), is also part of Veyou (or rather VEYOU as it is spelled), who call themselves a 'basement electronics' duo. However they also played live once at Chicago's Metal Shaker in December 2009 and ten or so minutes are captured on this cassette. For one reason or another I thought this would be noise, but its not. The title piece on side A is a moody electronics, of waving electronics, but still a bit on rough side. Lo-fi indeed. 'Metal Shaker', the b-side is slightly more noise based, through fragmented noise bits sparkling about, in a more collage like styled piece. Quite concentrated efforts. Again very nice. (FdW)

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