fistula is a collaborative album by Sujo + Sun Hammer. Written, recorded and produced in April 2012, the album started with a collection of rough sketches and recordings by Ryan Huber (Sujo), who passed them along to Jay Bodley (Sun Hammer) for processing and arrangement. The resulting sound is noisy drone, with heavy elements of doom and black metal, and glitch-laden DSP work. At times reaching levels of aural annihilation (as on “Nataf”), the record is also quite dynamic, contrasting its quality of sheer sonic force with gentler, more contemplative moments (such as the meditation on the harmonic series on “Qila”). Mastered by Joe Panzner (Mike Shiflet, Rubber City Noise) and featuring photography by Peter Nejedly, fistula was released on CD on Inam Records on October 30 2012, followed by a cassette release early January 2013 on Music Ruins Lives.
Sujo is one of many projects of Bloomington, IN-based Ryan Huber, who also runs Inam Records. In 2012 he released both the CD Diaspora (on Inam) and his 12” vinyl debut Kahane (on Fedora Corpse). The latter is described as “punishing[…] drone, noise, metal and narcotic bliss,” containing “unidentifiable crumbs of spirituality that create mystery, yet allude to archaic prayers and demonic dances that may have anchored societies, lasted days on end, and frightened away the uninitiated.”
Sun Hammer is Portland, OR-based sound artist Jay Bodley. In his expanding catalog of releases for labels such as Futuresequence, Heat Death and Moodgadget, he incorporates shades of electronic music found in glitch, digital minimalism, noise and bass music for his defining sound. In 2012 he released his debut full-length A Dream In Blood, along with his collaboration with Radere, Lotophagen, and remixes for Ghostly International’s Shigeto and Hyperdub’s Laurel Halo.
Press about fistula:
A Closer Listen, Nov 14 2012
Antigravity Bunny, Oct 23 2012
Foxy Digitalis, Dec 13 2012
Futuresequence, Oct 29 2012
Gumshoe Grove, Oct 25 2012
Hypnagogue, Nov 18 2012
The Inarguable, Dec 16 2012
