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Review of The Chocolate Fudge Cave mix tape (round 3)

I have no idea what the title means, but I love chocolate fudge and caves are interesting dark places, so let's go.

First off, the packaging. Wowsers. Faux fur pouch for the cassette box. Cassette box is lined in an elegant print paper. Very nice.

Song list side A

Like a Motherfucker - "The Death of the Mother Culture at Mowa Mam Gymru The Wialing Shamanic Fury of the Hoeurs and Druids and the Coming of the Romans"
Uomammut - "Odio"
Narita Munehiro - "Velocity"

Listen, I don't want to die, all right? In fact, I'm almost still convinced that I'm the exception to the rule and will never shuffle off this mortal coil. This side forces me to reconsider my delusions. What we have here is what I might call spectral metal, consisting mostly of the howlings and screams of drenched-in-distorted-feedback guitar, once in a while a human voice struggling up through the murky layers to intone scary things. It's like being in a swamp and getting sucked down and down and down and down, while all kinds of creepy things slither by. The Buddhists suggest one meditate on one's death, how one's body decomposes, and so on. This is a good start. Dark and absymal and one hell of a lot of fun.

Side 2 song list

M.I.A. -"Bucky Done Gun"
Balek - "A Beast Cage"
Larsen - "Rever"
Rafael Toral - "Glove Touch"
Mother Tongue - "Rewording"
Console - "Starpower"
Ashtray Navigations - Cante Jodido Lookalike Contest"

Things are a little sunnier this side. Even slighltly jingly in places, like M.I.A.'s ditty. Balek is sort of fuzz rap--if I remember correctly, as I'm doing this at work with the tape at home. My favorite is "Starpower" by Console--yes, that "Starpower," and Console do it justice in a rather blissed-out, mellow kind of way.

Very nice tape. Very enjoyable. Thanks!