Gathering together Dublin maverick Stanoâs work from his first recording, âRoomâ in 1982, to the title track, recorded this year, Reverse Presence is an absolute gem of a collection and a must-have for alternative muso lovers.

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HOTPRESS â Review

Adrienne Murphy

Jan. â07

Reverse Presence â Stano


Gathering together Dublin maverick Stanoâs work from his first recording, âRoomâ in 1982, to the title track, recorded this year, Reverse Presence is an absolute gem of a collection and a must-have for alternative muso lovers. That Stano has dedicated this compilation to the memory of the late Bill Graham - with whom he did his first-ever HOTPRESS interview in the early 1980s â will be an added appeal to the readers out there who knew and admired billâs impeccable taste in music.

With their apocalyptic, day-of-judgement type names â like âWhen Life Slips Awayâ, âAscendancyâ, âFire Caught in Rainâ and âOut of the Dark, Into the Dawnâ â these recordings, both with and without vocals, can truly carry the listener away on waves of experimental rock. Relentlessly superb drumming, top quality industrial guitar damage and sublime melody, are all wonderfully enmeshed with studio tricks, white noise, tape loops, electronica and house, hop-hop and other warped dance beats.

Lyrically and philosophically, if Sam Beckett was around today, Iâd say heâd fancy a spell in the studio doing spoken word with Stano, who collaborates rather like an Irish, hard-edged version of Brian Eno â with large numbers of talented avant-garde musicians on Reverse Presence, including Agnes Bernelle, My bloody Valentine drummer Colm OâCiosoig and composer / pianist Roger Doyle.

Stanoâs two new tracks, âReverse Presenceâ and âEleven Small Birdsâ show that this arch-demon of the underground is still well ahead of the game in terms of music that can really put your head through the experimental tumble-dryer.

The converted wonât need convincing, but for those of you who are still virgins when it comes to Stano, think of Young Gods, Nine Inch Nails, Cabaret Voltaire , My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Therapy?, Big Black, the best of tripâhop and what The Chemical brothers have done to Paul Wellerâs guitar, and youâll have an idea of what youâre getting with Reverse Presence â a groundbreaking, 18 track retrospective from a truly groundbreaking and revolutionary Irish artist.