US project LD&Co is the creative vehicle of composer and musician LD Beghtol and was formed in 2012. So far they have self-released one single, and there are plans for a full length album sometime in the future. Until then they have this production to look for, “The Just-World Phenomenon”, a 5 song EP clocking in at 5 minutes play time, released through US label Silber Records in 2015 and a part of their ongoing set of 5×5 experimental EPs.

In this case we’re treated to an odd array of noises and music. The opening cut kicks off with a myriad of different voices repeating set phrases, with noise textures added, eventually settling in a dark, post-punk kind of landscape with dark toned guitar riffs leading the way, but in a manner that is also oddly Beatles-esque. To brief cuts with noise effects and a kind of post-punk expression follows, and then a more elongated feature appears that again hones in on a post punk or possibly new style appear, kind of lo-fi in execution and again invoking curious associations to The Beatles despite of rather than because of the sounds explored. The concluding cut is a more dampened affair, kind of like a singer/songwriter acoustic ballad recorded in an outside environment somewhere.

Five minutes of music with a lot going on through the five compositions, and a production to seek out for those who tend to enjoy odd noises, new wave and post punk brought together in a more or less well fitting amalgam.

My rating: 68/100