Phroq - We Will Shiver With Fear

Tracklist:
1. 00:22
2. 08:25
3. 02:02
4. 06:02
5. 00:54
6. 09:59
7. 02:02
8. 05:30
9. 00:49
10. 04:25
11. 04:22
12. 00:55

No sound samples for this release, because that would compromise the artists' intent that this piece be listened to as one continuous session. Therefore, instead of mp3's, here are my impressions of what I imagine is going on while listening to each track:

1. 00:22 Playing "pong" on a circuit bent Atari 2600.
2. 08:25 Getting electrocuted while trying to fix your hovercraft on a glacier.
3. 02:02 Trying to find your keys at the bottom of a jar of spare change in the dark.
4. 06:02 Microwave transmissions from space, as interpreted by a high-frequency enabled narwhal.
5. 00:54 Ringing in your ears while waiting in a doctor's exam room.
6. 09:59 Firestorm erupting in a gridlocked traffic jam.
7. 02:02 Polishing marble with a grinder.
8. 05:30 Pirrahna slowly eats all the other fish in the tank.
9. 00:49 Mild panic attack during a scuba dive.
10. 04:25 Same scuba diver, accidentally getting tangled in an underwater high voltage line.
11. 04:22 A tense dream about being lost in the woods, coming back to the same spot over and over. Until...
12. 00:55 They found his body the next morning floating by the boat landing.

All selections composed by Francisco Meirino in June and July 2006.
This release features the artists own clean, simple vision for cover art, on a cardstock sleeve, and a black-on-black disc.
More info about Phroq: http://www.phroq.com/

FEEDBACK:
From: Vital Weekly
Behind the name Phroq is Francisco Meirino from Switzerland/Spain. His first releases, on cassette, date back to 1995, and since then he has created a large list of releases, mainly on cassette, CDR and some on real CDs, such as on Ground Fault. These two latest releases are on CDR. On both releases he notes that we should play them 'as one continuous session'; index points are only there for convenience. 'We Will Shiver With Fear' deals with psychosis as the underlying theme. On Phroq's website (www.phroq.com) there is a lengthy medical explanation about psychosis. Music wise Phroq is known to be a lover of noise, but one of a more interesting kind. It's not volume to ten, distortion pedals pushed into the floor and let's bang. His music, computer generated, deals with field recordings and contact microphone objects, which are fed into the computer and then gets all sorts of processing. Changing the numbers in whatever program he is using, he creates at times a furious beast (or feast) of noise, but he manages to take things back down, and let the sound develop in a more natural way. As such it's not easy to compare with usual pack of noise makers, rather than perhaps a more noise related version of musique concrete. Although it seemed that this release had some more loud elements than some of his other work. (FdW)

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