From Nothing To Less, by Illusion of Safety

From Nothing To Less

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This recording is a compilation of 2 rehearsals and 8 performances from May 1993 East coast U.S. tour.
ILLUSION OF SAFETY From Nothing To Less Complacency
This new IoS disc is a change from other recent work, discarding much
of the chaos and sound deconstruction of other works and instead
opting for a more natural, more organic sound. From Nothing To Less
is the band's eighth CD release and boasts that no samples or
sequences were used in its recording. Rather, From Nothing To Less is
comprised of live work as well as recorded rehearsals from a U.S.
tour by Dan Burke and Thymme Jones. Seven tracks that blur together
into one long song, this disc is full of lengthy drones, distant
thuds and scrapes, and other assorted sounds from this performance
outlet which never ceases to confuse and amaze. (Matt Mercer)

ILLUSION OF SAFETY From Nothing To Less (Complacency CPCD 9501) CD 63
minutes.
Yet another release which proudly boasts of no sequencing or
sampling. I suppose these demonic twins to be the musical equivalent
of leprosy - who will catch it next? One of IOS's strengths lies in
their timing and attention to minutiae of recorded sounds. This album
is a compilation of two rehearsals and eight live performances on the
band's tour of the East coast of the USA in May '93. From an arsenal
of instrumental and non-instrumental sound devices including wine
goblets, vibrators and rubber masks, all contact-miked for optimum
impact, they tease and scrape and hour of aural mayhem. Periods of
near-silence are shattered by gut-wrenching collisions of industrial
sound, not heard since Neubauten graced us with Drawings of Patient
O.T. Some powerful resonances occasionally break through, creating a
dense and impregnable wall of sound. I tried for the life of me to
hear the vibrator being played, but perhaps it was too well hidden.
At times, the album has a filmic quality, but in true IOS fashion
refuses to be pigeonholed, although similarities to Neubauten, and at
times Throbbing Gristle, would put you in the right ball-park.
Overall, this is possibly one of the best Illusion of Safety albums
that I've ever heard. (Complacency) BN

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released June 6, 1995

Thymme Jones & Dan Burke

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Illusion of Safety Elgin, Illinois

Since 1983, Burke and his many conspirators under the IOS banner have over the course of 40+ releases traversed most every facet of the avant sound plane, from early industrial pop deconstruction to blindingly minimal sound art to densely surreal found-sound collage, creating uneasy music that is dense and dystopian and yet also beautiful. ... more

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Live @No Fun 2008

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Hz

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