Released in March 2005 as a joint effort between the two labels Auris Media and Topheth Propheth, ‘Frogs’ of the Israeli-American electronic duo Grundik+Slava is the direct follow-up (and the second instalment in the ‘Fauna’ series) to ‘… for electronic and birds’ (out on State Art a couple of years ago). As suggested by the [...]

Improv and ghostly drone/ambient constructions are mixed with field recordings of frogs (and freshwater environments) and haunting vocal improvisations from singer Victoria Hanna by the Israeli duo Grundik/Slava. Sort of creepy, but very pretty. The chirping of frogs and crickets mingles with Victoria’s strange, witchy enunciations and child-like gibberish, while bass guitars, howling wind, guitar, [...]

To the best of my knowledge, “Frogs” is the first I’ve heard of Grundik + Slava. I definitely had no clue what to expect, but I more or less took the cute frog drawing on the cover as an indication that it would either be really good or really bad. Luckily, this record falls into [...]

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