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Yahoo! Groups review of the 2/11/2007 Godwaffle Noise Pancakes, which featured a darph/nadeR live set (2007):
"good
show. pretty damn low key since Xome didnt show up with his giant checkerboard
tie. the Darph Nader guys tho...i tell ya, it's like having a little slice of
the Incapacitants and some Oscar Innards in there. some shimmy loop stuff groovy
stuff like a tire
tread. they have a guitar...so that makes em a sorta elvis noise tribute or
something. no asia involved. Dokuro did this sorta Eno set with bacon being
fried in the throat vox then they kicked in high gear with the 2nd set which was
a lot of cranked power, feedback and
schools of fish swimming out of their skin thru nostrils. baby that is some hot
stuff!! may show up again Lesiege, ex-Unguent, hooked 3 guitars up to ebows and
brought the sound in real quiet. then a tone assault before he shoved them all
back in the rat hole. spca time for this sadist. he had a tea cozy on his head,
very very novel. should be in allure magazine sometime this year-lookout for
baby blu."
Vital Weekly review of darph/nadeR "galaxy" CDr (2006):
"Vital Weekly 548:
".....The last one is by the unknown duo, at least for me, darph/nadeR. I have no idea where they are from, but their release was quite a puzzle. Within a track they can skip of fucked pop music with vocals to something in the limits of outer noise. Certainly outsider music of people that definitely want to do whatever they see fit, inside a track or for the an album as a whole. Having said that, I sort of grasp what this about, but not necessarily makes me liking this very music. The pieces are too long, too chaotic and don't seem to go anywhere. Just not my thing really. (FdW) Address: http://www.krakilsk.org"
Terrorizer Magazine (#144) review of "THREAT: Music that Inspired the Movie" CD (2006):
***(features Today Is The Day vs. darph/nadeR "I Know That You're Lying")
"'THREAT:
Music That Inspired The Movie'
Various Artists
Kings Mob Productions
The soundtrack’s a doozie too, pitting Alec Empire and a host of tech-terror merchants (The Tyrant / Edgey / Holocaust) against a slew of hardcore genii (Agnostic Front / Glassjaw / Killswitch Engage / Minor Threat) with frequently devastating results (the Defragmentation re-rub of Gorilla Biscuits is worth the price of admission in itself). Hear, see, never set foot in a multiplex ever again. [8 out of 10]"
Amazon.com user review of "THREAT: Music that Inspired the Movie" CD (2006):
***(features Today Is The Day vs. darph/nadeR "I Know That You're Lying")
"'When
I first heard about the Threat soundtrack, I literally called everybody I could
think of that would care and announced that the best soundtrack in existence
would soon be released. Yet, a month later, I had completely forgotten about it
until an e-mail reminded me.
Now that I have heard it, I would say it's about 75% of what I was expecting. In
other words, it's not perfect. But that is easily overlooked by the mere
insanity of Glassjaw being remixed by Enduser.
What is being remixed here is not completely hardcore. Classic acts like VOD and
Minor Threat do fulfill the promise of true hardcore remixed, but acts like
Bleeding Through and Eighteen Visions fall into the newer brand of
faux-hardcore. In the end, though, this matters little.
You see, it's the men and women who have been asked to re-envision those tracks
that really make the noise what it is. The two reliable heavy-hitters here are
Edgey and Enduser. Both have been pivotal players in the American digital
Hardcore scene since the "Don't F*** With Us" compilation in the '90s.
As a result, their work here is the smoothest and most consistent of the bunch.
Edgey's remix of Killswitch Engage is a standout wrecking ball of frantic
breakbeats and charging riffs with an oddly haunting background ambience that
all seemlessly merges into something modern extreme music has been lacking since
Nailbomb worked their magic. And delivering the right hook to Edgey's left is
Enduser's killer reworking of Terror's track "Overcome", mosh-pit
bound.
However, the big names here don't fail to deliver, either. Most Precious Blood
gets a vital infusion courtesy of DHR-founder Alec Empire, his riot-level energy
elevating the song with freight train momentum.
Schizoid, of Canada's D-Trash Records, creates a monstrous blend of stomping
riffs and distinctly harsh electronics that is unique his own while accentuating
Agnostic Front's powerful vocal performance.
Oktopus, of NYC hip-hop sensation Dalek, shows up and trashes the scene with an
unexpectedly eerie, feedback-drenched beast that once was Inside Out.
Other highlights include Hecate's collision against Bleeding Through,
Defragmentation's butchering (in a good way) of Gorilla Biscuit's "New
Direction", and Bill Youngman remixing Judge to great effect.
However, the rest of the CD is not quite so immediately appealing, and some of
it requires a taste for bleeding-edge noise and digital hardcore eclecticism,
leaving most casual listeners bored at best, absent at worst.
When it works, it works miracles. Even when it doesn't, it's not like this isn't
revolutionary work going on here. You've got to respect that."
message board review of the darph/nadeR (with Tim Partridge) live set in Kelso, Washington (2005):
"(6/26/05 2:06 pm) - Reply Re: SATURDAY JUNE 25TH KELSO WASHINGTON for those of you who missed out........YOU REALLY FUCKED UP!! first off was alot of drinkin and druggin and watching myself and suicidal tendons cook up some bbq burgers dogs and steaks. the hot coals were falling out of the bottom of one of the bbq'rs. hot smoky and chaotic. cook bitch. and it was oh so yummy. the sunken got the noise portion of the party started with it's high octane cuss word laden antenna rapin audio terrorism. next up was seattle's komafuzz who did some serious damage to everyone's eardrums and added some totally killer quiet nature sounds. his set was really great. what a nice guy too. rumor has it that jeff is gonna release a cracked dome (my solo noise) / komafuzz split tape. headlining the noise segment of the day was darph/nadeR who were the audio equivalent of brain surgery. this was absolutely destructive as some of their gear fell over and was promptly righted by the audience members. what a goddamned beautiful train wreck of sonic pummelings. seattle is gonna be in for it tonite so if you dont know about darph/nadeR go to the show and find out. what a great bunch of fellas too. and beyond that we had some great ass kickin rock and roll courtesy of the fuckin droogs, and wallcrawler, jeff from komafuzz was itching to see spleen who i believe managed a few tunes but by that point everyone was sufficiently loaded so im not sure. this was a test to see if next year's kelso noise bbq will work and sure enough it will. thanks to all who attended and performed it was a fun day and evening of good times. pics are coming next."
archive.org review of darph/nadeR's album "Music for Zone 33" (2005):
"For some reason, minimalist was left out of the description of this track. But it certainly belongs there. Never more than 2 things presented at a time. Definitely a nice backdrop for my chess playing and/or internet surfing. fuzz, feedback, 70s moog synth. more space than sound in this work (4 out of 5 stars)."
archive.org review of darph/nadeR's album "starship (fragile)" (2005):
"darph/nadeR once again get beyond the wall of noise and into the wide open of song-like structures--not a bad thing, considering how many artists nowadays tend to produce sound rumble just for the sake of it. Ranging from dreamy (bad dream it was probably) ambience to intense rhythmic patterns, this may be counted as one of the best works of the duo to date (4 out of 5 stars)."
message board review of the festival "Neon Hates You #4" in Los Angeles, California, which featured a darph/nadeR live set (2004):
"Daaaamn. Was sooo good.
Foot Village, Sharp Ease at tops of their game.
7 Year Rabbit Cycle reinventing the music wheel and then smashing it again.
The Pope and Kill Me Tomorrow rocking like a hurricane.
Darph Nader keeping it wikity wak.
Staring Problem....more like drinking problem!
Good job, all involved
Nicholas "
'In the Fence of Reality' review of darph/nadeR's "Hairmyth Volume One" CDr (2004):
darph/nadeR hairmyth, volume one
(File
under : Harsh noise…)
http://www.fargonerecords.com Fargone records
jChris' blog review of darph/nadeR's live set in Portland, Oregon (2004):
"'the dunes, or, different kinds of black':
went to a local hipster hang-out tonight with greg and sonya. the first band made loud, unpredictable, jarring noises, that seemed to function only as a barrier to entry for this undersized venue. they were darph/nader, and all the way from
california.
the next band, nequamquam vacuum, made me happy, because they shared my love of banging on regular metal objects (even a kitchen sink!) in a rythmic fashion, with clarinet, bass synth, and hand drums. the made me uncomfortable, because they shared my propensity to sing in a furtive manner, when unsure of myself, as if making real notes would be dangerous, on the chance that someone might hear them. i find that i'm often made uncomfortable when people display traits that i don't like in myself. or when characters in sitcoms do something stupid, that everyone in the audience can see is dumb, but that they can't.
the dunes, where dudes wear black pinstripe vests, with black (or is it koal?) eye makeup. where chicks wear black shirts with burgundy sweaters. where other dudes wear other black stuff. different kinds of black. i wore denim on denim. call me chris.
posted by jChris @ 4:00 AM"
Neo Zine review of darph/nadeR "the green album" CDr (2002):
"darph/nadeR 'The Green Album':
In case you are wondering…The jewel case and insert are green. This recording
has something going for it. It keeps an ever evolving dynamic, that allows the
songs to stay fresh throughout the entire experiment. At times it gets base and
minimalist with just a clanking beat surrounded by some rattles and other
junkyard noises, and then it will explode with juicy ruckus and sounds that
flesh it out quite well. Good job blending the more eccentric stimulants with
the more primal and childish elements of percussion."
industrial.org review of darph/nadeR "the green album" CDr (2002):
"reviewed by: moron
musical release: darph/nadeR "The Green Album" (samsa records)
By a strange coincidence I happen to be in a band called Darth Brooks which is a
nice bit of synchronicity leading into this interesting recording by U.S. based
darph/nadeR. As per usual, my expectations were as off the mark as a U.S.
Patriot missile - I was expecting some gabber / speedcore variation and not the
acoustic junk'n'stuff noise found on this disc. Nope, "the green
album" finds darph/nadeR firmly set it in Bananafish friendly (i.e. crazy
person making weird noise) type concrete with nary a traditional song structure
in site and only the odd drum roll or bass thwap to suggest that the music isn't
being created by hyper intelligent rodents using office supplies.
The disc is a long one, 70 plus minutes rolling by before it spins down. The
track index claims that there are 9 songs here but I would hazard that this
should be considered as one homegenous weirdo run noise carnival, happy and
healthy for sure but more crazy person support group than a tidy selection of
succinct little ditties. The instrumentation is almost exclusively organic in
nature and overall there is almost no sense of post twiddling though I am sure
some occurred when no one was looking. It just has the sound of events unfolding
in real time: the inspiration to haul off and wack the garland of cheeze graters
with a rake imediately leading to some inventive bottle blowing and janitor key
ring improvisation while Jared ruts through the toy box. Basically, shit going
down with whatever is at hand and the neighbours be damned.
The net result of all this garage sale booty being hit and bowed is an
interesting hybrid of Hermit in an acoustic mood and perhaps the Sun City Girls
after losing all their regular instruments in a tragic taxi accident and having
to make do with what they can grab at 7-11. It's pretty delicate for the most
part, as if the participants are tip toeing around lest they wake the slumbering
thrift store security guard but there are odd moments where the dander gets up
(the radio skree of "scene two - the shipwreck" or the frantic
keep-drumming-or-they-will-kill-us-all freakout at the beginning of "first
attack (not second)" for example). There is also some hillarious vocal work
appearing later in the recording in the form of a gleefully greasy forced
coughing fit which if it doesn't bring a grin to your face, will at least make
you glad that it wasn't yourself tearing your vocal chords to confetti.
Sound quality on this Samsa Records disc is amazingly solid for such a DIY
affair offering an extremely live feel without sounding too wooly, crappy or
boxy. It has just the right sense of space that one could throw this on and
easily pretend that the Jehovah Witnesses you had let in the door on a lark have
suddenly gone totally bonkers, torn off all of their clothes and starting
rhythmically futzing about with all your belongings. There is a certain earthy
spice to it that I personally find hard to resist - it's like a wet willy from
someone you think is cute or the raw joy of making silly noises unseen over a
public PA system. It's fun pure and simple and definitely worth a boo for fans
of colouring outside the lines.
review released: 2003-06-11 18:01:26"
Neo Zine review of darph/nadeR "the red album" CDr (2001):
"darph/nadeR 'The Red Album':
Yes, the CD and the cover are red. 4 tracks. One of them is 42:02 in length. I
like the noise tracks a lot. Darpph/nader seems to have an ear for smoothing out
a nice ambient noise track to be almost melodic, but never quite traditional in
any way. There are lots of little busy noise tidbits that fly in and out of the
recordings and into the consciousness, as if they were a sudden realization of
the business of the stimulatory overloaded world around you. The percussion is
fun, and the exotic nature and weirdness of the things going on around the more
conventional elements makes this a well rounded experiment in the quirky and
fragile nature of music."