V.A. Idealism Volume 2

Immense noise/techno slab from iDEAL featuring Varg, Sewer Election, Alexandra Atnif and Copley
Medal (Dais records’ Ryan Martin) with a spirit-rinsing, full spectrum noise and techno showcase
to leave you sore and breathless.
Sweden’s indomitable Dan Johansson a.k.a. Sewer Election - whose Vidöppna Sår was among the
earliest LPs released by PAN - goes first with a pyroclastic torrent of molten distortion which
calves away to, strangely enough, reveal acoustic guitar strums and soggy location recordings
before handing over to keenly tipped American artist Alexandra Atnif, who really gets under the
skin with a pair of thrumming rhythmic noise pieces demonstrating devilish discipline and a
proper feel for biting-point tones. Keep an eye out for her new stuff.
Trust Ryan Martin’s Copley Medal alias to reset the scene with Ger Lopig on the other side.
Following from last year’s Trance Below The Streets collaboration with iDEAL bossman, Joachim
Nordwall, his latest sacrifice is an absorbing piece of drone torpor that could initially be a
Deathprod piece or a Black Metal intro, but which eventually precipitates a deep, systolic pulse that
marks up as the best we’ve heard from him.
Then the prolific Varg takes us to the edge with the purified, headlong oscillations and noise
payload of Run No More Pts. I & II, primed to slice thru the floor or dank bedrooms with
unrepentant, laser-guided precision.
Supersolid.