"The Coltrane influence in the title is obvious, the influence on the music is more subtle.The release is composed of analog synthesis and digital synthesis sides. The analog side begins with soft, subdued tones and progresses to a pleasant noise crescendo punctuated by a staccato distortion loop. The digital side evokes more of the spirit of Coltrane with its evocative noise melodies integrated with a slight digital keyboard feel. A fitting tribute that is highly recommended." (Factsheet Five)
"As PBK puts it, 'A Noise Supreme', is a collection of 'abstractions in sound and rhythm'. One side of this tape uses analog synthesizers, the other digital - and the two sides do sound worlds apart. The analog side is quite a forbidding place, where a howling wind kicks up a blinding sandstorm that obliterates the landscape. When the dust finally settles, the terrain proves barren, with nothing but jagged rocks as far as the eye can see. You're just about to give up and go home, when a deafening whine fills the air. As you rush to cover your ears, the ground starts rumbling, and fissures begin to gape open all around you. Somehow, despite what seems an impending death never comes, and you emerge unscathed. The digital side is, in fact, the noise supreme - more richly textures, with a great depth and feel. Sometimes jackhammers threaten to vibrate your fillings right out of your head, and at others, synths lift you up off your feet, giving you a birds-eye view of the entire planet. On side B (which contains many shorter pieces, as opposed to the three or four long pieces of side A) there is always a sense of change, of motion, and of space that makes it much more fulfilling. At least in PBK's universe, the digital planet is definitely the place to be." (File 13)
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