MoRkObOt – Kogromot
MoRkObOt – Kogromot (2016)
Directed by: Massimo Facchinetti
Following the recent announcement that noise rockers MoRkObOt shall be releasing their fifth full length, GoRgo this September (Supernatural Cat) we can today share some insight into the album’s artwork and reveal an early premiere for the video ‘Kogromot’.
As with all Supernatural Cat outputs, the cover was designed courtesy of Malleus – a collective renowned for their intricate and surrealist art-noveau-esque visual art. The idea for the artwork was spawned from the sonic of the album, with the punk undertones reminding the Malleus collective of the infamous colours used on the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind The Bollocks cover, subsequently influencing the colour palette for GoRgO. Further inspired by the album title itself (‘Gorgo’ translates to ‘vortex’), a whirlpool effect was created, leading the unknowing spectator’s eyes into the centre of the pentagram. The end result is reminiscent of a dark hypnagogia, just like the psychedelic noise on the record.
The band commented…”The cover hit us really hard at first sight! We immediately felt like it was a great representation for the music in this album, a record that pushes our boundaries in many different directions. The contrasting, eye flashing, power colours and iconic figure melt together perfectly, direct and weird as we feel about the musical ingredients in GoRgO”.
Read on for more about the new album…For twelve years now, the three messengers of MoRkObOt have been elaborating on their discography with a series of increasingly perplexing and infectious records. GoRgO is the brand new album of low-end noise rock origami from Lin (bass), Lan (bass) and Lon (drums).
MoRkObOt’s dual bass methodology creates a debauched entanglement of corkscrew rhythms that shake off the notion of sterile technicality, rather, theirs is a fleshed out monster that stomps to a different octave. Honing in on the minutiae of their interlocking slides, slams and slippery beats, MoRkObOt create a unique and lively psychedelia akin to being in an accelerating whirlpool of their malicious creation. Heaviness is achieved in the most refracted of manners, letting both bass pincers extend in melodic directions around the relentless, booming drumming, then snapping shut with mechanised indifference, hitting hard and fast over and over. The gurgling fountains of noise Lin and Lan conjure over the duration of GoRgo place them in the highest echelons of noise rock innovation, while Lon’s percussion is both the unstoppable force and the unmoveable object.
GoRgO, their fifth full length, was recorded from November 2015 to January 2016 by Giulio Ragno Favero (Zu, Teatro degli Orrori, OvO, One Dimensional Man) at Lignum Studio (Padova, Italy). It ushers in a new era in writing for MoRkObOt, one that revolves around constructing more ambitious structures driven by simpler forms and tighter structures. GoRgO took only three days to record, and was cut live in a minimal amount of takes, testament to the trio’s impressive musical coherence and unity, and the mixing process took another eight days, with no further editing being required.
GoRgO shall be released 16th September via Supernatural Cat, the label operated by members of Ufomammut.
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