Home > Music > Mick Harris > Discography

Mick Harris/Ambre
Dys
Release Date: 2002
Label: Hushush

Dys constitutes the last installment in Hushush's Threesome series. After collaborations between Ambre and Mark Spybey, and Spybey and Mick Harris, listeners come full circle with this album by Harris and Ambre. If you are expecting something even remotely related to dub, you are in for a surprise (and if you thought it would be speed metal, it is time for you to learn that Harris also has a career going in electronica). Dys oscillates between the poles of dark ambient and musique concrète. Much more abstract than Harris' usual material but in a sense just as tortured and disquieting, the music sits you down and forces you to listen. The Belgian trio Ambre (whose members are also behind the Moonsanto project) supplied the raw material, the nature of which is difficult to determine. The first two of these five pieces fit the criteria of dark electronica. Ambient but subversive, they would make a very nice soundtrack for your Halloween trick or treating. "Blaste" is particularly well made, sounds elegantly folding one against the other. "Algie" and "Lithe" feature more dynamics and a manipulation process that strongly recalls academic acousmatics. "Phane" closes the proceedings with a minimalist electronic drone. Harris has rarely sounded this freed from stylistic constraints. Dys may not be his best album, but it makes a nice incursion further into left field. François Couture, All Music Guide

Tracks: