Normalisation of Response

TONE GENERATOR aka DOMINIC GUERIN is a somewhat infamous key contributor to the early classic industrial/noise era of  << SPK >> (i.e. late 1970’s / early 1980’s).
But apart from his sporadic involvement with another industrial group LAST DOMINION LOST, he has not been publicly active with music over the subsequent four decades.
The experimental industrial tracks in this album spanning 50 minutes have been recorded over the period of 2019 / 2020.

Each of the nine tracks function as standalone compositions, where wonky tripped out synths, convulsive rhythmic elements, squelching sonics and a general buzzing thrum abound, but also which evokes a darker hued atmospheric industrial/noise thread throughout.
The overall production is specifically noteworthy given it is thick and forceful without being overblown or its tonal elements muddied through sonic overcrowding.
The cover then provides short liner notes on each track to articulate specific conceptual underpinnings, but even so sonic appreciation of the album is not hampered without it.

If there was any question regarding the impact Tone Generator had on early SPK material (and specifically the Information Overload Unit album), this new material functions to significantly underline that fact.
Yet far from being a mere retread of earlier sounds and sonic ideas, Normalisation of Response is playfully experimental without ever sounding dryly academic or forgoing its darker toned atmospherics.

Tracklist:
1.  Lost In Space
2.  Ballad Of The BWO
3.  Ne/H/il’s Back Room
4.  Drowning
5.  Lost Relics
6.  Construction (X)
7.  The Wasteland
8.  Public Order
9.  Flight Of Ideas
10.  Control (Extra Track)
11.  Coronaring (Extra Track)
12.  Little Gypsy (Extra Track)

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