Other details can be found at the Snip-Snip website.

The artist behind this disc is a David N Reed, who runs Snip-Snip records, and also sent me some discs under his more ambient project of Brittle Foundries. 80000v came in a slimline case, as a CDr with the front insert done quite neatly with an inlayed image of a powerstation and a track listing on the reverse. I must say, having gotten a number of CDr releases now from people, I am finding them more exciting than commercial releases. The xeroxed inserts, scribbled notes to me, all whole thing is so much more 'real' than neatly packaged, barcoded disc sets (not that I would complain is people sent me commercial gear to review). But now, back to the review...

The tracks are as follows:

1. tension at 80000v
2. terror city reversal
3. conduit
4. surrogate fist
5. a smoking mirror
6. silence city

Tension at 80000v instantly made me feel like I was at a power station, with suprising rhythm creeping into the mix of humming wires. Closing my eyes, I instantly saw myself surrounded by all the things that make up a power station, I was wandering around lost, marvelling at the buzzing energy around me, the grey metal and the hint at sparks leaping between wires. And then comes Terror City Reversal, with high pitch squeals fighting it out for dominance as noise pulses and ebbs and flows in the background. This track continues from the last quite well, without borrowing sounds or elements from it, but instead extending the style. Two tracks into the disc and it alreadys feels like there is a story being told with these songs. Then half way through, Terror City Reversal an all out brawl starts, with electronic screams cutting through and turning into roars.

Conduit leaps back into back to the high toned pitches - striving higher this time, overlayed with distorted voices. A sudden burst a powerful noise adds the icing to the cake. Building into a combination of the two earlier tracks with hints of voice meshed through it and sudden explosions of television noise, this track is almost overpowering, and then the finale gives a false sense of security as it drops into a low pulse. This security is shatted as soon as Surrogate Fist starts playing. It brings back high pitch noises once again, trying relentlessly to drilll their way into your skull. You can almost feel the splittered bits of skull spray around your as the sound makes it way in. Smoking Mirror the pendultimate track on this disc starts with a collection of found sounds, seemingly from a factory or pressing plant. but the story continues, from the original power station, through the city full of chaos, to inside buildings and out again and now into a factory that brings to minds scenes from the Hellraiser movies. A careful use of noise, rhythm and repeditive sounds together adds up into a very visual montage. Building up into a demonic collection that bounces around inside your head. And I wont say anything about Silence City except that it is very suprising and will leave you thirsting for more. 'Cause I wouldn't want to ruin the experience for you.

All in all, I thoroughly recommend this disc from Snip-Snip. And based on the other work I have heard of David Reed, he is an artist to thirst after and listen to as much as possible.

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