Celan - ‘Halo’

Chris Spencer’s vocals bleed into an insane cacophony of glockenspiels and feedback...

Posted Thursday, 13 August 2009 in

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Celan

Celan - ‘Halo’

Rating: 9

Etched with traces of Unsane, Einstürzende Neubauten and Oxbow (which is only to be expected since Celan features members of the above), on the surface this unholy brew may sidle up as the hefty noise equivalent to a brutal battering ram. But penetrate further and you’ll find multi-textures and layers every bit as surreal, symbolic and complicated as the work of their Romanian-born French poet namesake (who actually wrote in German). ‘One Minute’ is a chilling, mind-spinning, head-fuck where Chris Spencer’s vocals bleed into an insane cacophony of glockenspiels and feedback, while the epic ‘Lunchbox’ is simply formidable.

Ronnie Kerswell

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