Spider Translator, The – 2003: A Merman I Should Turn To Be

A curious act from Iowa, formed in 1999 by L. Erickson. The band uses various techniques to ‘translate music From Beyond’. Their influences are not exactly confined to one little subcultural corner. They incorporate influences from gothic and industrial rock, electro and psychedelic traditions. And don’t forget to mention Carnatic, Inupiat and Haitan music. And a large dose of humour…
On this cd three tracks can be found. The first song, ‘The Way/the Book’ is a strangily varied track, with fuzzy guitars and sudden turns. The first half is relatively normal, the second part is a little more unusual.
‘Who’s that coming though my door… again?’ is very nice, a slow ballad with moving vocals, done in a psychedelic 60’s manner. ‘The Coincidence’ starts like a very slow, crooning song, untill it turns into a weird cacaphony, with a fast beats and various strangily twisted sounds and voices, to drive you completely mad…
Altough the cover only lists 3 tracks, my cd-display asserts that there must be 99. The last 96 tracks are all the same, 6-second pieces with a vocal sample I can’t understand…