Today, Lustmord, the pioneer of modern ambient electronic music and Dave Lombardo, who is one of heavy music’s most influential percussionists, have joined forces as Lustmord Lombardo. The pair will be releasing their debut album, The Pulse of Atoms, on October 2, through Ipecac Recordings by offering a taste of their new collaboration with the release of “Paleomagnetic Resonance.” The two musicians met backstage at a Fantômas show, while being introduced by mutual friend Buzz Osborne, around the time that Lustmord and Melvins released their collaborative album.
Nearly two decades later, Lombardo and Lustmord convened as Lustmord Lombardo, crafting an album that is as cold and distant as it is frantic and engaging. The Pulse of Atoms showcases an unheard side of Lombardo and brings Lustmord back to his industrial roots. “One thing about an album like this is that you can’t really point it out as being part of any specific genre or hopefully any specific period,” Lustmord explains. “Is it from last year? Is it from 10 years ago, is it from 20 years ago, is it from 5 years in the future? It’s trying to create something that has its own sound, not tapping into whatever musical language or history you’re familiar with. ”
Rather than composing songs in a traditional sense, Lustmord built evolving walls and vortices of sound, leaving room for Lombardo to add percussion and various synthesizer layers. Once the editing and arrangement was complete, Lustmord mixed and mastered the record, which was a balancing act between the two players’ large, loud musical presences. The pair’s latest ditty explains all that by how the instrumentation has a great musical vibe that compliments the ambient style on a deeper level.
The Pulse of Atoms Track List
1. An Eternal Presence Part I: Unknown
2. An Eternal Presence Part II: Relentless
3. Paleomagnetic Resonance
4.The Vast Cold Waste
5.The Desolate Shore Part I: Submergence
6.The Desolate Shore Part II: Emergence
7. The Abyssal Deep
Photo Credit: Marv Watson
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