Hollydrift Interview
"HOLLYDRIFT's first full-length release on Parasomnic Records was a collection of tracks that made up an hour-long radio transmission from some industrial wasteland still inhabited by the ghosts of the machinery. Filled with groaning drones, intercepted radio signals, collapsing gearboxes and furnaces, Waiting For The Tiller was a collage of noise and atmosphere. Like a wash of white noise and a crackle of rust and decay, Hollydrift's music was so unlike 'music' that it could only be classified as an aural experiment. Hollydrift is synthaesthetic music -- your eyes and skin are meant to react to what your ears hear. But it isn't nightmares that Anderson is seeking to create with his otherworldly sonics (this isn't the terror-stricken landscape of Sweden's Cold Meat Industry), but rather evocative landscapes of abandoned history. Hollydrift recontextualizes the sounds of the world after they've already been forgotten and what we hear is the lumbering rhythms, the obdurate clatter of machinery and the crackling voices lost to history.
"Recently, Anderson released his Summer Single, a tune called 'Lollipop Power.' It is, as he says on his website, the last statement he has on the subject of noise. Naturally, we weren't satisifed with that answer and sought out Anderson to tell us more about the next phase of Hollydrift's evolution."
A full interview has been posted at Igloo. Anderson has some observations about listening that closely parallel my own. Hollydrift Interview
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