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01. Ron Morelli - Narco Frq
02. Ron Morelli - Laugh Taker
03. Ron Morelli - Hellgate Bridge
04. Ron Morelli - FXK Ripper
05. Ron Morelli - Golden Oldies
06. Ron Morelli - Re-Runs
07. Ron Morelli - Hole In The Head
08. Ron Morelli - Border Dust (202 Version)
09. Ron Morelli - Disappearer
10. Ron Morelli - AM Drowner
11. Ron Morelli - Men Visible From Window
12. Ron Morelli - Snow On The Headstone
13. Ron Morelli - Squeeze
ARTIST
TITLE
Disappearer
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
HOS 606LP HOS 606LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/2/2018

The Disappearer story is an abstract and conflicted one, loosely based around moral codes handed down through generations, reinterpreted, debated and enforced, followed and broken. What happens when a threat is posed? Is the answer diluted to the simple fact of survival by any and all means necessary? Does instinct take precedence over all? This cycle is full of contradiction, feeding back in its most primitive animalistic and oft brutal of levels, with many questions left unanswered. Who becomes the disappeared and who becomes the disappearer? Two years since his last releases for Hospital Productions -- A Gathering Together (HOS 477CD/LP, 2015) -- L.I.E.S. Records boss Ron Morelli returns with Disappearer, his third full-length. Disappearer claws and tears its way through 13 tracks at 54 minutes long, touching upon everything from cold, stripped-back electronics, to hints of 1990s Hague scum techno, to grim passages reminiscent of early tape minimalists, the amalgamation forming a nasty sonic narrative that reaches an explosive unsettling apex. This is a definitive return to tense, urgent punk roots; the minimal beat construction, unexpected acid burned vocals, and stark atmospheres touch upon Morelli's full spectrum of influences with his signature rusted razor production. Composed over the last two years in various foul states, the album is a fusion of base level hardware programming, open room mic recordings and extensive computer processing, all finalized in the Paris studio of Krikor Kouchian. Compositionally, Morelli has fused the brute immediacy of his then-controversial now-cult debut album Spit (HOS 407 CD/LP, 2012) with intricate compositional cut-ups of cassette culture, the updated crushing production the product of having circled and lived Europe's nightclub circuit for close to a decade. Presented here as a double LP with new artwork, re-sequenced and edited from its original cassette format.