ninehertz

We played a track from the debut release from Diserta! back in 2023, my ending words then that this is a band we will follow wherever they go from here, such had they piqued our interest with their unique sound. And here we are, with their third volume, following the two long songs set up as prior.

It is exciting simply to find a new release – they have shown true innovation to date through a triumvirate of drums, bass and saxophone. They are active members in the Rome-based Senza Tregua Noise Collective, which I know nothing of but must find out if it births noise like this. Every song Diserta! craft feels like a journey undertaken. Volume III provides no exception.

V greets you with a mystic drone, the repeating guitar and percussion join and begin to warm up, joined by a mournful saxophone. It’s nicely constructed, the deliberate singular paths of drone combining with the free nature of the wind instrument well to benefit from both states rather than an incompatible culture clash. Vocal samples arrive shouting, bringing a heaviness in which they all react to, the sound becoming coarser and heavier.

VI has a glitchy beginning, a droning bass, rolling drums and free flowing saxophone combo leading out from there. There’s a thick math-rock middle followed up by a pure, and perhaps inevitable jazz section building towards the dull thudding bass sound doom-jazz near its end.

It is transporting – both jazz and drone can do this when applied well – when added together it’s a magic cauldron of noise. They are always a cool listen, something different from your norm, and it never comes across as novelty. Despite lasting more than 22 minutes across just two tracks, the time flies by, even when it feels like little is happening. Listen as you do drone, sit back, drift off and absorb.