Kites

"Kites' Peace Trials creeps on a thin bridge between a small, strange world of Chris Forgues' own creation and our own politically torn world. On the liner notes to this his third release on Load (preceded by Royal Paint With the Metallic Gardener from the United Sates Helped Into an Open Field By Women and Children and his split with Prurient for those keeping track) it states that everything was "done with homemade, modified, or commercial equipment, no keyboards, computers, samplers, or digital synthesizers were used." These facts become particularly interesting on tracks like "PlayFlag Torn Apart" and "PlayTrue" where the sounds created make you want to argue otherwise. Kites' approach to developing his sound, for more of an art head, is interestingly punk at its heart. Forgues' has truly done everything himself, including recording Peace Trials on a 4-track at his home in Providence. The insert shows the knobbed and strung gadgets of his creation that produce all the sounds within.