Red Rum Trance
Musical genres bastardized in order of dominance are: Experimental, Industrial, Ambient, Tribal, Jazz, Oriental Folk, and Noise. The main instruments appearing on the album in order of dominance are: electric guitar and bass, fretless guitar and bass, classical guitar, synthesizer, acoustic and electric drums. It consists of 16 instrumental tracks and 1 spoken word (lyrics below). Total playing time of 49 minutes. Published in 1998.
• Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone)
• Franz Kafka (The Judgment)
• Dr. Suess (The Cat In The Hat)
• Lewis Carrol (Alice In Wonderland)
• C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles Of Narnia)
• Alfred
Hitchcock (Psycho)
• Ambrose Bierce (Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge)
• Stephen King (The Shining)
TRACK TITLES
1. Shrill Chasm (Down Into The Rabbit Hole, Down Into The Fault Line, What It Is To Be A Chisel)
2. Out Of The Ashes (Diazepam Trance, Traced In Black)
3. Startle-Swarming (He Is Crazy, He Is Really Clever)
4. Rhythmic Clawing (It Wants Out, You Can Hear It, You Can Feel It, What Is It?)> PLAY 30 SECOND SAMPLE
5. What You're Feeling?/That Scares Me (Marching Rush, What Do You Mean
Creativity? I'm Just Writing Down What I'm Feeling)
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6. Creepwalking (Walk
Like A Creep, Walking In Your Creep)
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7. Lungs Filling With Fluid (Lungs
Still Filling, Swelling Blister, Slowly Convulsing Violin)
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8. Casting Out/Killing Witches (Pushing It Down, Burning It Back)
9. Alpine (Acoustic
Fallout, Aerial Trapeze)
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10. Oriental Fighting Style (Constant Attack
From All Angles At Once)
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11. Lazy Guillotine (Mutating Metal In Motion)
12. Taunt, Taunt, Jab, Jab (Dominant Monkey)
13. Red Rabbit Staring You Down (White Rabbit Turning Red, Chaser, Down Into It)
14. Clash Classical Crash (Confrontational Tones)
15. Sailing Off The Edge Of The Earth (Suspended
In Firmament, Clear Through, A Sea Serpent Myth)
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16. Dead Calm (Twelve
Feet Deep, Warm And Translucent)
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17. Snap (A Transcription Of A Dream)
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REVIEWS
Review 1: "This album's title was a bit deceiving to me at first, namely because the project name first alerts me to think of trance music, but let me tell you, this is no dance album. What you might expect instead is a feeling of fear, coupled with awe and the occasional drop into a deep mind numbing trance. Don't be afraid however, you won't regret this trip. Matt Frantz is starting to gain quite a good reputation in the underground for putting out some quality noise and experimental emotion/mood music... This is not any sort of typical release however... It is extremely engaging and intriguing... almost story like, with bizarre track titles, glimpses into the underlying story present through spooky subtitles, and a somewhat coherent listening experience focused on the mood one might achieve from dwelling upon such works of art as "Alice In Wonderland", "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Psycho", "The Shining" and a number of works by Dr. Suess. The music ranges from harsh to gentle, absolutely frightening to eerily soothing... Have no fear though, hardcore noise & experimental lovers, the styles all melt into one... what I would, overall, perhaps call simply experimental. Noise and mildly ambient textures appear often, though neither dominate. This is a very unique and interesting album and, for a limited time, they're all shipped with custom made metal covers... cool artistic total package. -Voideth Pessimicoth (a.i.musick/twitch) NOTE: DISCS ARE NO LONGER SHIPPED WITH CUSTOM METAL COVERS
Review 2: "Frantz shows a great deal of skill as both a player and producer and his packaging is intricate and very well done. Fans of heavily experimental music would do quite well to sample his goods, but it must be said that these projects are not a casual listen. Frantz accomplishes his ends perhaps a little too well, and the end result is sometimes more than a little disturbing." -Todd Brown, (review published through TrueTunes)
THE SPOKEN WORD "SNAP" (TRANSCRIPTION OF A DREAM)
When I was a small child, I was touched by a dream. I was awake at night. The only one on the floor. I stepped into the small room and felt eyes upon me. My throat lump swelled. I turned to leave and the picture frame on the wall stopped me. Dirty, imitation gold color, fake engraved frame. A face centered in the space stared back. I stepped back. I felt weak. Her skin was pale and hard. Her hat was black. She projected a presence. I had to close my eyes. When I opened them again, she was gone. A demon took her place. Dark red skeleton draped in black. He reached his bony arm out of the wall to clutch my throat. I couldn't hear words, but I could hear thoughts. It wanted nothing but my destruction. I grabbed his wrist and twisted the arm backwards. I love the cracking sound I heard. I snapped his radius and the hand fell limp. I felt power swelling up inside of me. This is how I want to remember myself. Not a slave. A master. Not afraid. I know that no one, nothing, can truly harm me. The image shrieked and fell back into the blankness of the empty picture frame. I walked out of the room smiling. I walked out of the room and laughed. I have a fear of snakes. One day, I will get the chance to clutch one by the throat and snap it in two. The snake is symbolic. My victory will not be. The path has already been cleared for us. Our older brother made a sacrifice for us. The ones who killed him secured his and our victory. There is much to rejoice about. © 1996 M. Frantz
