Reviews:

(Disaster Amnesiac) For those collectors of physical media lucky enough to have discovered a copy of Seedy Arcing's self titled CD on Chocolate Monk Records, surely they will have noticed how its sounds dip immediately into hardcore abstraction. From the very first notes of it, Alex Abalos and Bryan Day take this recording into some very fuzzy zones of instrumental interaction. Yes, this recording is a Noise recording. That's not to say that there aren't melodic tendencies therein, one just may have to work a little bit, by paying attention with their ears, in order to hear them. Noise stuff generally harshes most peoples' mellow, but Disaster Amnesiac can't imagine that many of those who are exposed to these types of musical moves are going to be those types of people. Listeners and fans that seek out recordings such as Seedy Arcing will likely be fine with harsh, Serge Modular sounds and sounds of invented instruments. It is those types of sounds that make up the bulk of sound sources for this duo exchange, along with Kulintang gongs from the Philippine Islands. And a big "fuck yeah!" to that. It's so very interesting to hear their pleasingly melodic qualities juxtaposed with hardcore electronics. Within the straight up battle music stewed up by Day and Abalos one can find the most deliciously overloaded sound events, along with the pure percussion of the mallet-struck kulintongs. A couple of significant examples of such for this listener would be Spacial Pricing, with its interactive dynamics, and the ways in which Fonal Purchase gives its rad Sci-Fi sounds. No Refunds ties the whole album together in a clear sighted ending track, and it's an album that breaks much ground by fusing the analog and the purely electronic. Additionally, Seedy Arcing benefits from clean, clear recording and mastering along with funky cover art which reflects the street culture within which Alex grew up. There are sixty copies of this one floating around out there. Act fast Noise people. - Mark Pino

(Lost In a Sea of Sound) The dial turns on the receiver. Long and short wave mangled together in a slow rotation nightmare. The composition begins with an array of homemade electronic devices routed through a digital labyrinth. Adding to this are an assortment of mechanical devices using items like bocce balls and fishing weights. Seedy Arcing is the duo of Bryan Day and Alex Abalos. These recordings were made over a two year period with both artists working in a home studio. The result is a twelve track composition with sounds from the far reaches of both the physical construct and conscious infinity. An aural anomaly with few places of sure footing. Seedy Arcing is bent on disruption. Almost too much to take in with one listen, this is a composition filled with cliff falls and explosions, each time listening we can get a little farther without dying. There are few tracks like "refundable inquiry" where gongs and rhythm seem to glow a little more. These semblances of familiar sounds peek out from behind the clamor and with each listen seem to grow in discern. - Ken Lower