This Canadian project began its activities in 1992. Since they have released several recordings on CD,
vinyl and tape. Thanks to the attentive ear of Jim deJong, this album - available as a tape on the Belgian
label EE Tapes - is now released out on CD for our great pleasure. Putting a label on them turns out to be
a difficult challenge, as their music is unique. At times, one has the impression that if Ian Curtis was
still alive today, and if he made experimental music, it would sound like The Infant Cycle. Maybe it is due
to the coldness that oozes out of the compositions, to the metronomical rigour of the drums - muffled and
mortuary -, to the icy echoes, to the solemn and tense atmosphere, to the impression that it could not be
else wise. The Infant Cycle like to explore the tensions between the different natural forces that oppose
each other, to measure this constant duality between order and chaos, movement and immobility, whilst
mixing these notions to create a single universe. The sounds come from different sources, by creating
repetitive loops, adding a multitude of various sounds from a radio program, magnetic fields, random
sound effects. One never knows if one is in the domain of strict compositions or pure improvisation,
and its there that is situated the charm of this record. Remote represents a new stage in the musical
evolution of The Infant Cycle, who's name, if the world was perfect, should be on the lips of all
confirmed music lovers.
Excellent !
Stéphane F.
Eté 2002
Contact :
The Infant Cycle
P.O. Box 26086
25 Frederick St.
Kitchener, ON
N2H 6T4
Canada
Contact Label :
e-mail : jdejong@nas.net
web : http://www.nas.net/~jdejong/ddt.html