Cricklewood

David Kristian's first release for the Canadian Alien 8 label, more closely associated with avant-noise terrorists such as Aube and Merzbow, is likely to attract an entirely new audience to the label. For a moment, anyway; probably just long enough for them to skip through the first three or four tracks of Cricklewood before passing it over to their trade pile. Ostensibly Kristian's tribute to the soundtrack of famous B-horror flick {#Forbidden Planet}, Cricklewood is all echoey test tones and modulating drones, and not a whole lot else. Fans of schizo ambient/noise crossover acts such as Merzbow, Lustmord, and Fushitsusha may find Kristian's abstract, buzzing analog extremism of passing interest, but those who picked up Cricklewood on the strength of the sort of jittery experimental electronica featured on compilations by Lo Recordings and Worm Interface, as well as on his Drop Beat EP, Ectopic Beat, should probably stear clear. ~ Sean Cooper, All Music Guide