Mystified’s cdr “Mellow Utility” (Ambolthue Records, 2007) received a nice review at the Wonderful Wooden Reasons Webzine ( http://www.wonderfulwoodenreasons.co.uk/ ). More on “Mellow Utility” is here: ( http://www.ambolthue.com ).

Mystified - Mellow Utility

(Ambolthue ambolt-19)

CDR

“Mystified had previously come to my attention via his split release with Ghoul Detail this is my first experience of him on a full length release.  Mystified deals predominantly in full on grinding noise attack.  His sound palette is taken from the noisier end of the spectrum but he melds and folds and overlaps and attacks these sounds with a very restrained hand.  Sometimes during the course of ‘Mellow Utility’ he may be accused of being a little too restrained in his creations as some of the sheer, uncontained and over-exuberant joie-de-vivre that is often present in the best noise compositions is missing but in it’s place is a set of tightly constructed, concise noise pieces that are both diverting and an interesting ’snapshot’ into what one suspects is truthfully a single part of a work in progress.”– Wonderful Wooden Reasons Issue 15