UEFTBH / TPHOAAW – Split
2.14.15 by Mike Haley

With the maximum number of words legally allowed on the spine of a Jcard, and 26 minutes of lavish experimentation, Adhesive Sounds has produced quite the formidable split cassette between Underwater Escape From The Black Hole and The Petrified Heart Of An Air Whale. Two project who apparently have no troubles maneuvering through syrupy, abstract territories.

With creamy, looped vocal clips and water-colored ambience, UEFTBH devises Zolpidem zones of flowing waves and focused calmness. Mellow synth chords swim through the first track, “All The Little Cares Fixed”, emitting a complete and total feeling of relaxation. A constant thump – – thump – – thump backbones Mathias Timmerman’s super chill ebb and flow for six and a half minutes. “Stable”, his second and final track on the split, is a collage of processed spoken word and simmering synthesizer beauty that shimmies up the spine for nearly seven minutes. Two keepers.

TPHOAAW bangs out four doses on the flip side. The immediate impression is also a flip in atmosphere. Echoed blows and tweaks of noise rumble atop a lurching, distorted melody for a two minute stretch. A very moist jam, like a dog outside in a thunderstorm. Sam Hatzaras, the big boss man  behind this Toronto-based project, speeds things up considerably with “Kwantum Jool”, the 4:43 piece that follows. The situation is still clammy, but more birds in a rain forest rather than the dog in your shitty neighbors yard. Dude devised a pretty compelling beat to wrangle around a bundle of tropical jams. The tape comes to an end with two tracks of skittish sound wrangling that, while not as cohesive as the bulk of the tape, is still a fun listen. No doubt about it.

Adhesive Sounds has figuratively been on fire so far this year with a grip of nice ass tapes. And it’s only February, mang. Pretty, pretty, preeeetty excited for the A/S 2015 drop. Get yourself going with everything they have available, starting with this humdinger of a split. BUY IT HERE.