"The music almost defies description -
it's on the thin edge of the chaos wedge."
Lastsigh Magazine
Holzkopf Releases [x2]
"This CD is an apology"
>Reviews
DDCD06 - Feb. 04,
CD Format - 63:57
500 Editions - Sleeved in 2 custom paper enevelope assemblies.
Children on Fire, Unity Club
Mix, The Speaker Hurts >mp3
Moose Jaw Outhouse,
The End of the World Evan
Parker Explosion, Hi-Fi Mad Chunson >mp3
World War Two Blues, Sonar
Causes Whales to Kill Themselves, Pity
Song, No Guns
No Pride, 101 Cans, No Noise
(Drum and Bass Mix)
So you are interested
in this 2nd offering from Saskatoon' s Holzkopf? You are a daring
individual, open to the idea of 60+ minutes of aural battering
and defeat. Yet you come away from your stereo feeling as fresh
as a daisy patch, uncontrollably trampled by a hundred rusty
machines chugging along to the discarded rhythms of hip hop,
break-beat, free jazz and acid house music.
That is one way to describe Jake Hardy's latest efforts as beat/noise experimenter Holzkopf. "This CD is an apology" is just that. There is no intention to harm here. No intention to devastate. Just a through the lines warning that you may not understand, nor enjoy what lies within this package.
"I want to make music
that sounds like it's running as fast as it can away from the
end of the world. Like it's trying desperately to grab onto anything
old, tried and true, in order to slow down as much as possible
before hitting the wall at the end of the road. Savoring every
last moment. Taking long breaths." Add to that direction
segments of melodic strings being pushed between walls of mid-range
noise and clumsy rhythms. Bits of clunky guitar inspired by cold
beer and sunny days pop up, and then always more noise and more
interruptions. Sorry...
"Only
a bad harvest can save us" >Reviews
DDCD04 - Dec. 01,
CD Format - 35:41
502 Editions - Transparent inserts in clear jewel cases.
Nicht Gekehrt Worden Sind,
One, The Gene
Puddle, Mahout >mp3
Capoeira, Line,
Two >mp3 For Certain Kejime, Holzkopf >mp3
Over the past few years, Jake
has been recording his very personal mix between experimentation,
electronics, cinematic ambient drones and aggressive bursts of
noisy distortion over confused rhythms. Honing his skills over
a number of self released CDR's, it wouldn't be until this more
official CD that he'd consider his sound mature enough to suite
his own comfort and ability.
"Only a bad harvest can save us" is a document of Jake's
progression on a unique combination of frantic changes and a
chaotic nature to contrast varying genres and sounds. Supported
as well by a political belief in equity and the freedom of expression,
Jake is tributeing this release to the role that "chance"
has played during radical social changes and events in the past.
Historically, it was the chance of a bad harvest that fueled
the protest march of labor camp workers to Canada's capital city
in 1934. And it is his belief that a notion of chance had made
apathy an unaffordable luxury for the average citizen during
countless political actions in the past.
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