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LP / Eirikti Records / 2013
lim. edition 326 copies
The Refrigerator
Refrigerator: Declaring compositions as peculiar and
unprecedented urging manifests
for time friction -unharmed wandering listeners. Cognitively
weaving even sweet-taste
paranoia next to an everlasting juvenile spontaneity which
in its frenzied-course
drifts sensations, thoughts, emotions, actions… The
listener is introduced to this
weird nonetheless, attracting musical reality of The
Refrigerator Refrigerator incessantly
collecting various multi-colored moments of agonizing
lullaby, sudden arousal, mature
over-speed and finally remission in vigilance. A group
formed in the late ‘80s,
the Refrigerator Refrigerator through their instinctive
dynamism contributed to
the north-east underground Greek scene’s
(Ioannina, Greece)
gradual formulation. Their
first full musical work appeared in 1990 with their
self-titled album released
by the private label (actually established for this purpose)
named Μετά
την
Αιωνιότητα (i.e., After Eternity). Two years
later, two
additional songs appear in the “Fragmenta
V” music compilation issued by
the Στη
Σκιά του
Β-23
(i.e.,
In the shadow of B-23), a known
underground fanzine of that era. Namely,
the songs were “Με
αυταπάρνηση” (i.e.,
With abnegation) and “Σκότωσέ
με με
τα κέρατά
σου”
(i.e., Kill me with your horns).
The following year, the band’s second album
“Εμπιστοσύνη”
(i.e., Trust) was
released, an album that included the two aforementioned
songs first appearing in the Fragmenta V compilation.
Finally, the Refrigerator
Refrigerator disbanded in 1994.The
present edition is a
re-release of the band’s first album almost two and a half
decades later. A special
work which actually forms a mélange of various punk,
electronic and alternative
musical approaches superbly-dressed with a lyrical and sound
psychedelic sense.
The continuously unexpected introduction to the group’s
weird and strange world
happens with the total of songs that adhere to a sort of
commitment as the listener
tries to solve a musical puzzle. Beyond the storming
percussion and the
emphatic guitar-swirls, the distraught synths, whose impetus
fires us without
any contraction throughout the album. All compositions
namely, “Στο
πίσω μέρος
της Ανάσας”(i.e., At the
breath's back side),
“Ο σκελετός
της Ιουλιέτας”” (i.e.,
Juliet’s skeleton), “Ανθρωποθυσίες”
”(i.e., Human
sacrifices), “Ο
κρίκος”
”(i.e., The hoop), “Αλαμπάμα” ”(i.e.,
Alabama), “Καρχαρίας”” (i.e.,
Shark),“Με
τα σπαθιά
κρυμμένα
στους πνεύμονες””(i.e.,
With the swords hidden in
the lungs), “Τραγούδι
για σκύλους
και ελικόπτερα”
”(i.e., Song for dogs and
helicopters) and finally the song titled
“Ακολούθησέ
με”
”(i.e., Follow
me). Pure samples of an artistic
restlessness, pure imprints of an artistic avant-garde that
waits for its
transmission. Comes in a limited edition of 326 numbered
black colored vinyl
copies.
