dreadful MESHMASS, architects of the death of music have compiled another voyage into the unknown, the full horror of which has even now been visited upon their helpless victims, burrowing its unholy path into their neural cortex and disestablishing the pillars of sanity. yes, novembermass is upon us and this edition of the monthly cycle features yet more previously unimagined combinations of sound. many of them last no longer than a pop music single, between 3 and 5 of your earth minutes. viz and to whit: santosis - a sort of vaguely african sensation overcomes us amid the breathy keyboards and innocent piano sounds. even has some sort of lonely-sounding tune. tempo robado - (possibly 'stolen time'). smerch - a slippery jazzism. string theory - with its nagging pianisms. overstrung - a naked duet. rodentious - even breathier and with additional shimmerings, there is an invasion of marimbas. approach - a duet which almost has a tune. thicket - a confused funk. ouvertude - attractively dressed in heavy reverb, this duet is full of extraordinary tonalities and wobbly bendings. peccavi - ('i have sinned') an r&b organ instru-mental-disorder. habbibi 2 - a rather sedate and attractive duet. and warblemonger - one of their minor epics, really rather a beauty. and not only this, but meshmass also played half an hour of entirely improvised duet at the peculiar 'green door store', a tunnel located conveniently underneath brighton station. some people were there and did not leave but didn't look particularly impressed either. richard tickled his guitar with feathers on a rotating and illuminated device which he had apparently stolen from a child. peter played his new alto and we are all hopeful that one day he will find out how. meshmass can be found on soundcloud which is undergoing a revolution at the moment with its content producers in a fury about changes to the site which mean (among other things) that people can repost tracks on their own page without apparently giving appropriate credit. i can only conclude that this is the point at which this site - like many others before it - attempts to 'monetise' itself around its established community and loses the sympathy of that community in the process - see 'myspace', 'official fm' and others for similar examples.... and of course for a mere £10 or €15 you can obtain through the wonder of the internet a monthly portion of at least one hour of new music (as outlined above, for example) - apply to auralwitness@gmail.com or go to the website. bless you all, your little cotton socks and cute button noses and a very merry christmas from all at meshmass mansions.