DESCRIPTION:
ATOMIZED live at Glasgow Implodes 4 28 March 2009
Recorded by Zhang Lin

Glasgow Implodes

* Source: The List (Issue 625)
* Date: 19 March 2009
* Written by: Neil Cooper

Atomized

PREVIEW

Nihilism and noise go fist in hand. Just take a look at the line-up of Glasgow Implodes, the fourth annual all-dayer of extreme noise terror organised by cottage industry label At War With False Noise in association with Zero Tolerance magazine. Vomir, for instance, is a Frenchman who, by placing bags over the heads of his audience while playing in pitch black at an excruciating volume, more than justifies the hype of No change! No development! No music! No entertainment! hes tagged with.

He wants you to feel nothing, Glasgow Implodes Al Mabon is at pains to point out. Its about wanting to arrive at the most extreme, most violent conclusion you can. To me thats an extension of a punk DIY ethic, and I dont necessarily see nihilism as a negative thing.

Originally founded as a DIY alternative to some of the bigger experimental festivals, Glasgow Implodes comes out of a fecund Glasgow scenes desire to get back to basics. With the likes of Skullflower, Gruel and Manchesters Barbarians also in attendance for what sounds like an auto-destructive assault on the senses, some levity may be brought to proceedings by Atomized. This collaboration between Black Sun and Kylie Minoise takes 1980s disco hits as their starting point, only to render the likes of Madonnas Justify My Love unrecognisable. Not so much a remix, then, as tearing it limb from limb. Which all sounds novel enough, but how far can you go once youve taken things to the limit?

I dont know, Mabon admits. Can you go further? Its raising questions like that which make Glasgow Implodes so fascinating.

13th Note, Glasgow, Sat 28 Mar