In truth, few have really paid attention to the release of this Martin Rev album published last May. An album worth revisiting if you love the sound and underground culture typically associated with Suicide.

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Martin Rev - Demolition 9 (Atlas Réalisations, May 26, 2017)

Obituary of Alan Vega (1938-2016).

To tell the truth, "Demolition 9" is not specifically dedicated to Alan Vega, with whom Martin Rev wrote one of the greatest chapters in the music of the New York scene and, in general, of a certain underground current whose long wave is destined to last for years. However, being the first album of unreleased material since 2009 and especially the first album after the death of his adventurous partner, considering it from this perspective is somehow inevitable. Moreover, it is somehow pleasing to remember him this way, with this album that Martin Rev creates as a hardly comprehensible object divided into 34 tracks, which presents itself as a kind of avant-garde post-punk and minimalist work. True to his garage aesthetics and New York no-wave culture, with those images charged with expressive violence, the album alternates between brief noise snippets and ambient moments, even glitch and minimal orchestral compositions. It's 34 tracks for 34 different sensations or "sketches." Objectively an experimental work and difficult to evaluate without considering it as such, it’s an album I suggest to all fans (and there are many) devoted to the cult of Suicide, but it might not appeal to those who do not love it and recognize fundamental content within it.

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Demolition 9