SD7
Katchmare - Ghost Frequency 1 cdr
Released 2007
50 copies


Track List:

I.       (16:45)
II.      (6:52)
III.     (11:03)
IV.    (12:01)
V.     (6:06)


Animal Psi Review:

Nick Hoffman has an erratic sense of duration, as his other work with Back Magic and Bumbrella Donkey are both double-digit collections of spastic, fragmented bursts of discrete sounds, while these solo releases as Katchmare contain a mere five and six tracks which last from four and seventeen minutes apiece. ‘Ghost Frequency I’ begins with such a monster, a sprawling, vacant space-trek of a track, a spent Aliens drop-cloth of unwalled bowel bass tinged in star-gold treble, the keynotes of the first half distorted into a breathing jet of high-frequency scream at the end. Conversely, the reedy notes of segment “II” resembles a like method of elongated figures, yet without the implications of such massive size – the result a solo entry of virtuous gnawing at the air. While tasteful in his conservative approach to drone and experiment, Hoffman buries a handful of gems in the mix, such as in the rolling timbre valleys of “III” and the faint drum rolls ending the beige turmoil of “IV”. Final track “V” strikes and sustains a high-frequency tuning which wavers up and down but refuses to pause - even for breath – the subtle pan of the Riley-inspired meditation delightfully broken and reassembled through a wiped sleight-of-hand hidden in cymbal climbs and hammer blows. CDr comes in a paper sleeve.