A deep penetrating bass drone is opening this little silver disc from Russian industrial label Zhelezobeton. Fluxing sounds are interfering and get alienated all the way. The drone is turned into a subliminal pulsing sound while the fluxes get more fragmented. Kryptogen Rundfunk is using a Rokton analogue rhythm synthesizer on the first track while Hladna is using a Formanta in the two remaining tracks. Both instruments are identical and were both produced in the Soviet Union by two different factories. The artists were using these instruments as tone generators and constructed three experimental noise compositions like architects making a metal skeleton for their new bizarre creation in Metropolis.

This 3” split CD is packed in a beautiful small envelope with a painting of the Formanta Drum machine including a sticker of the tele tubs by Nikolay Kalmikov which makes this into an attractive release. Musically I am less impressed, for I find the music too fragmentary and shallow. However there are nice deep bass pulses to be heard, but there are many senseless sounds distracting the attention from the lower ends of this recording; bleeps and crackles relentlessly disturbing the nerves. The track by Kryptogen Rundfunk is particularly calm while Hladna is bouncing unpredictable on the sharp edge of fluxing noise. This split release is an uneasy listening and therefore only suitable for those who like a bit of “avant” in their electronic noise pulses or just like to tease their nerves with nervous bleeps.