Fascinatingly warped sound blasts from Malaysia, Reverse Image is sound artist Y’ng-Yin Siew who was previously behind the excellent Mirror Tapes. This is her debut on the Kuala Lumpur-based label Khatulistiwa. Using digital and analog equipment, she deftly mixes ripped experimentalism with pulsating madness that doesn’t sound overly busy or convoluted, but instead rich, alien, and at times, a bit creepy. Some of the sounds are quite jarring, but everything is so well-placed that while the sounds may clash, they still sound deliberate and purposeful instead of just random chaos. Besides being a record label, Khatulistiwa is also a music venue and recording space and has released several other cool recordings by underground Malaysian artists like Yong Yandsen, Richard Allan Bates, Yii Kah Hoe, and Topman Chong. Siew also has an intriguing noise/industrial project called Fallen Sun, whose latest release on Fourth Dimension is worth checking out as well.

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