Once more, Chicago"s finest, Kevin Drumm, delivers a devastating slab of emotionally-charged noise. It"s been 10 years since the epic statement that was Sheer Hellish Miasma. In the meantime, Drumm trawled through the depths of the global underground with a back-breaking catalog of releases for labels all over. Returning to Editions Mego, he delivers Relief, a 36-minute hypnotic roller-coaster ride through the depths of his unique palette of audio tactics. A haunting melody pinned to a bed of nails while it spins around the room, that"s the kind of stuff Editions Mego likes. Extreme but approachable, a piece of music that demands repeated listens. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, September 2012.