Lurking just at the edge of the shadows for over a decade, Milwaukeeโs Climax Denial has been honing his brand of psychosexual, obsessive and fetish driven power electronics across a broad spectrum of tape, vinyl and CD releases on labels such as Urashima, Hospital Productions, Nil By Mouth, among others. It seemed only natural that he would eventually find a home on Malignant for his second full length CD recording, though compared to some of the prior releases, this is perhaps one of the most restrained and refined. And yet, even within a more atmospheric realm, Dehumanizing Environments is about as unnerving and depravity filled as anything Climax Denial has recorded; 4 lengthy tracks of nihilistic pulsations and glassy drones that build to Penderecki levels of dread and tension, registering feelings of claustrophobia and desperate voyeurism as exploratory tones and slow, throbbing synth textures come eerily forth. Youโre fully immersed by the time vocals finally make an appearance late on track 3, and the soft whispers remind you, thereโs someone behind the wall at all times, watching with prying eyes and waiting with baited breath. A firmly cohesive and intensive release that circumnavigates the normal trappings of sexually themed power electronics genre and represents a unique and frightening vision only Climax Denial can deliver.
Label: Malignant Records
Cat#: TumorCD88
Artist: Climax Denial
Format: Album, 4 x File, Digital / CD
Released: 15 September 2015
Written & Produced by Alex Kmet
Artwork by Andrรฉ Coelho
Mastered by John Stillings at Steel Hook Audio
1. The Womb As Vestibule – 12:58
2. Fingering Dead Ashes As Evidence – 09:27
3. Environments For Paranoid Necrotic Masturbation – 13:46
4. Morning Following Dried Blood – 10:31
THE BLACK BOX 