Danny Saul – Kinison–Goldthwait
Danny Saul’s “Kinison – Goldthwait” appears to be a conceptual album. The feud between the two comedians Sam Kinison and Bobcat Goldthwait is the backdrop for these sonic explorations that venture more bleak and dark territories. To be honest, the relationship between the track names and material didn’t seem make that much sense to me or at least weren’t really that important to me in the long run.
The album starts slowly. Grain textures arise and open the room for distant piano and string-sounding meditations.
Although sounding a little conventional at the first, the details occur more and more: quiet noise flicker between the noise, humming fragments oscillate under the surface. Textures shifting in and out, altering the mood within seconds. Although the artist and the label suggest that second but last track that points to the incident between the two comedians at a Howard Stern show, to be the peak of the album, the really drama seems to happen in the track that introduces Bobcat Goldthwait. Starting off low, dark and droning, the track develops into a euphoric string sounding climax, before it drifts off into distorted warm, yet at times, stark textures. Ending with a melancholic lo-fi piano piece caring the place of Kinison’s death as a title, the record takes a saddening, nearly obituary-esque turn. Phrases echo lamentably the same patterns over and over again.
I’m not sure if this is the result of the imposed story on Kinison, Goldthwait and the events revolving both of them, but “Kinison– Goldthwait” offers more than just a couple of droning ambient tracks. The six track piece is a highly emotional ride moving from brooding inward episodes to uplifting enthusiasm and bleak distortion. “Kinison– Goldthwait” is a highly recommended album and Hibernate doesn’t disappoint once again and releases a supreme ambient album.
