VISION FORTUNE return with exactly the sort of music they left with when "Nite Driver" from the chaotic Titanic
Part II: The Legend Goes On...(2000) came
out this time last year. Now signed to the (rarely mentioned) exceptional ATP
Recordings, VISION FORTUNE has a bigger part to play in bringing back
krautrock, drone, and post-punk beyond that of a single genre. They know that
they can inflict an influence on their surrounding artists -
just as they take from theirs: Can / Neu! / Faust / Zappa.
"Dry Mouth" captures the essence of krautrock -
repetition, deep textures, and skilful variation. VISION FORTUNE have shown
time and time again their ability to be a drone artist within the bodies of
Damo Suzuki's Tago Mago - they even performed under Suzuki in
the past - rectifying not only their influence, but their future. "Dry
Mouth" is the archetypal and archaic krautrock
repetition of percussion, drone-esque vocals (delivered in a horrific
fashion,) and layered synthesizers capitalising on the base structure of,
percussion - bass guitar - vocals. Note the lack of guitar, as VISION FORTUNE
use synths and their ability to create a centralised non-linear piece of music
on the basis of such experimental aspects - bewildering to some, but lavished
in ingenuity to others.
~Eddie
Gibson
