PATERAS & ROBIN FOX, ANTHONY - Flux Compendium

"This is the second release by the Melbourne-based electroacoustic improv duo Anthony Pateras & Robin Fox, and their first for the new Editions Mego label. Ectoplasmic drool, ruptured voice, multi-temporal cash, concerti for nostrils, hyperactive excursions into comedy and violence. An aural textbook of constant change presenting a multi-dynamic evaluation of what may be possible with what we have at this point. Equal parts postwar beard and modern patchnocrat, Flux Compendium sees two of Melbourne's hairiest sons nose dive and writhe in their unique take on sonic totalism, rising out of the muck with their kaleidoscopic best. Far from the lifeless plague of spacebartronica, they execute an electrified real-time homage to some of their favorite obsessions: breakneck pacing, vocal hysterics, blistering textures, bodily functions and dysfunctions. Eschewing their intuitive beginnings in favor of a more concréte punk miniature aesthetic, Flux Compendium is a gripping ride."