Listening Diary
Listening Diary Oxidation Contagious Orgasm + Θ - Island (2022) Cassette tape Island is a collaborative tape by Contagious Orgasm (with Hiroshi Hashimoto performing solo on this release) and Greek sound artist and experimental musician Θ. Whilst only featuring 4 tracks in total over a relatively compact 30 minutes playing time Island finds these two artists creating awesome deep soundscapes with seamless interplay between both projects resulting in some highly cinematic sonic immersion. Let’s sail to the island: Track by track analysis Contagious Orgasm + Θ A1 Island Starting off with a dark dense atmosphere we’re off to a great beginning in this first piece. Compared to other Contagious Orgasm solo and collaborative works this piece also feels rather more Dark Ambient styled. There are many different layers to this piece, the low end rumble, shifting hissy metallic sweeps, ever rising tones and even some lush Ambient pads are hidden in the mass of sound. The piece very much feels like...
