{"product_id":"p16-d4-kuhe-in-1-2-trauer-used-lp","title":"P16.D4 – Kühe in 1\/2 Trauer [USED LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003estill-baffling collage moves on this monolithic 1984 recording from p16.d4, 'kühe in 1\/2 trauer'. a truly unsettling listen decades after the fact in its own truly addictive, head-obliterating style.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ep16.d4 were a strange proposition, beginning as a new wave band then abruptly u-turning into feral yet considered decomposition. by the time of this lp, their first vinyl outing after a couple of tapes (also on the venerable selektion imprint), the group had basically morphed into a junk-concrète unit, taking sounds which even on their own would be mind-boggling -- crying babies, detuned pianos, garbled metal riffage -- and weaving them into deranged sound collage. the approach is all very dada, especially with its gleeful disdain for anything resembling logic \u0026amp; the predilection for absurdist juxtaposition, backed by an oppressive '80s germanic intensity which gives it its own enduring flavour. where many of their contemporaries used the latter characteristic as a crutch, couching their music in 'darkness' \u0026amp; 'art' (bleh), there are no concessions here whatsoever. theirs is a hyperspecific approach that doesn't have many contemporaries (although those of close affiliates s.b.o.t.h.i., merzbow, nurse with wound etc. help illuminate the dim picture somewhat), applying a deft ear for the artistry of sound assemblage in much the same way that the grm folk did but sounding the gutters instead, mangling tapes of misaligned detritus \u0026amp; stitching them into figures that remain wholly alien still.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003econfounding, blackly funny \u0026amp; profoundly intelligent stuff. total masterpiece for the phreaks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelektion, 1984\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"naturestripstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43955990528241,"sku":"","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/8859\/0065\/files\/p16d4_kuheintrauer.jpg?v=1703728320","url":"https:\/\/naturestripstore.myshopify.com\/products\/p16-d4-kuhe-in-1-2-trauer-used-lp","provider":"naturestripstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}