Barrera is the work of Spanish artist David López Saludes, who is also the person behind Soma, whose previous release on Inner Demons was “1984 Vías Para Un Mundo Feliz.” I enjoyed the Soma release immensely, so I was looking forward to see what this project sounded like.

Barrera is a Harsh Noise Wall project focused on no-input mixer techniques, so let’s dive in and see what we have. This disc consists of one 20 minute track, "No Crunch Wave Input, Ethereal Crush." As for the sound, if you are old enough to remember when the television station would sign off for the night and you would suddenly be hit with a blast of white noise until the station came online in the morning, this will be a wave of nostalgia. Well, nostalgia and white noise static. And heavy bass hum buried under the white noise. As with the television static, where you started to think you could see patterns in the static, this is a similar aural situation. The bass hum is not constant, although I wish it were, because it provides a nice low-end balance to the high-pitched static.

I appreciate the experimental impulse in using the mixer itself as instrument with no input, but at the end of the day, the question is how it sounds. I like a bit of variety in my walls, and this was too static for my tastes. However, if you like your walls to just be there, this may be up your alley. This disc weighs in at around 20 minutes and is limited to 42 copies.