split, by Jim Capps / Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III

split

by Jim Capps / Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of demonsong / Blue Añil, Off-White Colosseum, split, Written by the Mask, Live in the Land of the Dead, Museum A0, Stroke of Midnight, Toward Zero Death, and 77 more. , and , .

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1.	Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III - Grew of No Eyes 02:51	buy track
2.	Jim Capps - Cheap Acid 08:04	buy track
3.	Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III - Transcendent Retrospection Abides Noble Zeolites 09:38	buy track
4.	Jim Capps - Employment 04:03	buy track
5.	Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III - How to Document an Artificial Moment 07:26	buy track
6.	Jim Capps - Heaven's Gate 06:59	buy track
7.	Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III - Liminal Juxtaposition 09:12	buy track
8.	Jim Capps - Microverse 12:24	buy track

about

Jim Capps and Cornelius F Van Stafrin III are two distinct experimental artists based in Greenville. NC, frequently sharing bills on countless Hot Releases-related shows over the years.

Jim Capps has operated in several discrete modes since the mid-00s, from harsh bacchanal bareskin noise to more sober, bloody-knuckled acoustic percussion improvisation (both under the Birth Rattle moniker) to oft-rhythmic noise (as Spare Child). His portion of this split captures the sound of recent live sets - distorted acid industrial improv that's glancingly evocative of Schmerzlabor and the Dutch kick of Bunker, in synthesis with a history in harsh noise. Capp's entire creative output is linked by inspired, non-careerist rawness that exists truly in the moment. This is Jim Capps first release under his real name, and his first release period in about a decade.

Cornelius F Van Stafrin III's performances are genuinely esoteric and entrancing sight-specific rituals usually involving reel-to-reels, harmonium, record player, noise-boxes with built in speakers, contact mic'd surfaces, a Russolo instrument on occasion, projections, flame and elemental objects: bones, plants, stones, etc. One of the most memorable live moments I've ever experienced was a crowd standing in silence for five minutes after an incredible set in a woodland backyard show on Halloween night in 2021. His portion of the split is a pleasurable tangent, eschewing the acoustic elements of his work and instead using electronics to create deep, meditative soundworks.

There are (at least) two ways to listen to this release: the cassette version features one artist on either side, while the digital version alternates tracks from each, somehow flowing magnificently despite the different individual styles.