If last year’s SEAMOSS2 demonstrated Sea Moss’s cartoonishly blistering approach to noise punk, then REMOSS2 pushes things a step further. Reimagining Noa Ver and Zach D’Agostino’s cacophonous, kitchen-sink jams from the perspective of some of the most extreme voices of the contemporary experimental underground, these eight remixes expand and mutate all the sonic possibilities contained within the Portland duo’s idiosyncratic approach. Where SEAMOSS2 played like a raw, blistering comet hurtling through space, REMOSS2 is the sound of the meteor post-impact, with all the pieces gradually being put back together into alien new shapes.
In this collection of artists’ hands, Sea Moss’s polyrhythmic freakouts become a kind of neon-hued Play-Doh to be molded as seen fit. NAH transforms the pummeling beats of “Nap Time” into a full-on bass-boosted assault, redlining the track to new levels of transcendentally crunching feedback. Keith Rankin of Giant Claw layers the ping-ponging “Snake Lady” with an epic, cavernous chasm of ominous synths, imbuing everything with a newfound sense of uncanny consequence. Machine Girl jacks up “Candy Rush” to a careening, apocalyptic drum & bass fever dream. And on Fire-Toolz’ remix of “Number Dreams,” D’Agostino’s pounding drums become the foundation for Angel Marcloid’s trademark style of new-age guitar shredding, coming out sounding like Wii Sports tutorial music as interpreted by Skinny Puppy. Each track varies wildly in approach, but uniting them all is that same Sea Moss philosophy of controlled (yet cathartic) chaos.
With other thrashing remixes from the likes of underground heavyweights like GHÖSH and Bl_ank, REMOSS2 shows all the different warped directions Sea Moss’s music can go. Ver and D’Agostino’s jerry-rigged noise machines provide the fuel for this eclectic group of artists to start a fire, and the results are as thrilling as they are unexpected. For a band dedicated to building each of their sounds individually from the ground up, REMOSS2 contains that same spirit of maniacally playful invention.
credits
released June 30, 2023
This recording contains interpretations of songs that appear on SEAMOSS2
SEAMOSS2 was written and recorded by Sea Moss in Portland Oregon
Noa Ver - Voice, Electronics
Zach D’Agostino - Drums, Electronics
All electronics used are homemade by Noa and Zach
Lyrics by Noa Ver
Remixes by NAH, Machine Girl, President Evil, GHÖSH, Avola, Giant Claw, Fire-Toolz, and Bl_ank.
Mastered by Andew Weathers
Video Synth art by Sea Moss
Photos by Jeannot Quenson
Album Layout & Design by Gavin Perez-Canto
I love this album! It helps me imagine the micro and macrocosms in the earth and in the soil and in space! a multi-scalar, multi sensory experience of ecosystems across time and space. Warm golden light, slow crystal growth over eons, geological forces and deep time, walking through woods, looking at plants and the smell of petrichor (the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil) jen-du-chatsein
each track uses the fact that its digital hardcore in its own unique way each time, rarely sounding similar to the other despite generally being noisy and in your face. i find this to be especially helped by Machine Girl's usage of unique samples or their own voices, which i can barely understand but honestly it really adds to the charm and aesthetic of this release. i know this album is 7 years old at the time of writing this, but it still holds up incredibly well. Molly
Every sound here is made using Megan Mitchell's voice, even though the music often sounds more like Earth’s vibrations than a human singing. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 28, 2023