Back in action for some long awaited reviews, thank God my inbox still has consistent gifts of waiting for me, although it's a never ending struggle to keep up with them. Shit, there's only so many hours in the day to listen and reflect on my favorite topic, but I usually feel rewarded when it's all said and done. This time around we have a couple of folks, hailing from the ancient land of Greece, laying it on heavy with fresh originality. I put them in the "Industrial" category, which fits in the most general sense, but these guys have a very refined, specific sound and I don't even know exactly how to categorize them or if that's even important, other then to give you, the potential listener a hint at what you might be getting yourself into. They are self described as "HAU are a noise-rock duo band. Their music is industrial, noise improvisation, analog sound and various other genres. The duo was created in 2012 where they started creating their own stuff."
First thing that came to mind for me was the most hectic of Am Rep vibes, the kind that makes you think that these guys must be a little hectic or even unstable themselves. I mean how the hell does a guy come up with this type of sound? Is it planned, something that was there in their minds, just waiting to be given form or does it come out of something else and then evolves in the practice room into it's final form? Here is what they had to say, "HAU activate, through "broken", deformed guitar/live electronics themes and tribal/break rhythms, the human restlessness and oppression as a necessary and capable condition to create a foreboding overturn." That makes sense.
Overall I find myself going back to thinking of them as this harsh industrial, not unlike early stuff from live instrument Industrial Metal acts like Nine Inch Nails or Ministry. On the other hand, it may not be fair to compare them to those guys, as these two are way underground, there's not a trace of anything mainstream about them. I like that, sort of a punk 1977 attitude. Looking over what I've written so far about the band, in describing them, I have limited them, there is no limit to this sound. Taken as a whole, this EP explores a lot of territory and is heavy on the variety of sounds and rhythms...well worth a listen. They've got a
Bandcamp and a
Blogspot so those would be a good places to start if you're interested or walk the plank right now and dive into their tunes here...
https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3280022559/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/
The first review of my own personal money pit, the Martyred Heretics comp, is in at