| Artist |
| Caustic |
| Title |
| This Is Jizzcore |
| Format/Cat |
| 2CD CRUNCH061 |
| Label |
| Cruch Pod Media |
| Style |
| Industrial |
| Date of review |
| 26th April 2009 |
| Reviewer |
| Carl Jenkinson |
| Rating |
| 6/10 |
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So what is Jizzcore, then? Is it a whole new subgenre that Caustic mainman Matt Fanale has invented? Is it as spunky as the name suggests? Doesn't really matter as what we have here is an off-the-wall release that, with some obvious Chemical Brothers inspirations ('Cock Blockin' Beats' anyone?), sees Fanale indulging his more outlandish musical impulses with an anything-goes approach, taking in elements of noise & some pretty frantic beats in places so if you've ever wondered what a 260BPM track sounds like then the excellently-titled 'Redneck Pusshouse' provides the answer as it unleashes an incessant rhythmic salvo that will leave your brain begging for mercy! There's a certain freeform, stoner vibe underlying much of the music, as if Fanale had partaken of a particularly potent reefer beforehand with the stoned a capella of 'I Wanna Stay Wasted' is the most obvious statement (& I'll not spoil the song's punchline for you either!) but, throughout, it has the feel of a late night jam that, despite the powerful beats that grace so many tracks, actually sounds loose 'n' laidback (you have to hear it to appreciate how this is possible!) with a fair few WTF? moments just to keep you on your toes! In comparison, the second disc, featuring a couple of original tracks & remixes from artists such as Modulate, Epsilon Minus Cyanotic & Kiew seem to almost offer a return to something approaching normality (I did say almost, the artists were no doubt chosen for their similar state of mind!) although the Hypnoskull remix of 'Agent Of Chaos' is without doubt the most frantic, chaotic piece I've ever heard, the rhythmic blitzkrieg being totally off the BPM monitor although the hardcore rapping of 'Big Goth Mama' does catch the attention while 'This Fuck Will Shut You Up' sounds like a more demented Combichrist, appropriately enough. So while this will probably find something of a 'cult' following both in the UK or mainland Europe the US does seem more open to this kind of thing; suffice to say that if you're looking for an artist that resurrects the anything-goes spirit of Aphex Twin & the like but with a more overtly industrial setting then you might well find this right up your street.
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