Yong Yong: “Forever Yong”
Oeiras, Portugal’s Yong Yong makes self-contained, minimalist influenced music that benefits from both its hissing presentation and very human “played, not programmed” feel. “Forever Yong” captures YY at both its most dissonant and droning, which is to say extremely meditative; sounding at times like a Buddha machine gone slightly haywire, perhaps having gotten itself trapped in some sort of degradation loop. The slight sinister bent to the piece is fitting, considering that the source footage for the vid above comes from recruitment video for Aum Shinrikyo. If that disturbs you, you can always close your eyes. You might just want to anyway.
You can listen to more of Yong Yong’s varied and intriguing music on Soundcloud
Written by Luke Carrell
