Published
Wed, May 5, 2010, 16:10
- The American noisemaker will release a new full-length next month.
Early next month, Type Records will release Porcelain Opera, the next full-length by electronic noise artist Jeff Witscher, AKA Rene Hell.
Witscher has kept busy in the past few years, recording dozens of releases as Rene Hell and a gaggle of other pseudonyms (Impregnable, Secret Abuse, Marble Sky), as well as playing in bands like Roman Torment and the curiously titled Deep Jew. As is common to the US's underground experimental scene, most of these recordings saw release only on cassette or CD-r, making Porcelain Opera Witscher's first CD and LP as Rene Hell. Clocking in at just over 30 minutes, the album is fairly concise for a drone record, though the vinyl release comes with a full-length bonus disc called Rogue Camera. In terms of aesthetic, the album evokes other contemporary synth experimentalists like Emeralds or Oneohtrix Point Never, but with percussive loops and melodies that betray a stronger techno influence.
Tracklist
01. Razor. P+
02. Prize Mischief Hold
03. IV 18:54
04. C.G. Mask
05. L. Minx
06. Gas
Type Recordings will release Rene Hell's Porcelain Opera on June 8, 2010.