Austrian sound artist Davor Mikan is not someone I’m all too familiar with. His main purpose in the musical realm is to develop music through a series of algorithmic variables. He admits he uses generative graphic-tools along with granular synthesis in order to transform sound. The pieces on “Täuschung” were developed over the span of four years. What’s most interesting is Mikan confesses to forgetting what his original ideas were behind these pieces. Any emotions associated with this music is lost four years after they were initially made. In listening to the thirty one short tracks within this CD, one gets a sense of total chaos. Strangeness of the sounds is eerily evident everywhere. From the glitches that are incongruent through to the blasts and sudden variations in speed, timbre and tone. Blasts, spurts and extreme shifts in direction is what makes this album unpredictable. From lo-fi, harsh glitches through to imminent confusion, I can only recommend this album to the fans of hardcore noise.
Tom Sekowski