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█ ARTIST: Daniel W J Mackenzie █
█ TITLE: Teeth Sleep Under Winking Black Eyelid █
█ LABEL: self-released █
█ GENRE: Avantgarde █
█ BITRATE: 205kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 1h 02min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2011-00-00 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-02-07 █
█ URL: █
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█ 01. Undercroft Prelude 0:58 █
█ 02. Disorientation Suite 4:59 █
█ 03. Our Sentiments Aligned 5:50 █
█ 04. Miniature For Said Sentiments 0:32 █
█ 05. Hrisen 6:36 █
█ 06. Addendum 1:57 █
█ 07. Teeth Sleep I 1:08 █
█ 08. Teeth Sleep Ii 4:06 █
█ 09. Teeth Sleep Iii 5:48 █
█ 10. Crane Temple 3:28 █
█ 11. Vamp 8:09 █
█ 12. Confound 4:28 █
█ 13. Bathysphere Interlude 1:52 █
█ 14. Into 3:40 █
█ 15. Take Any Form But Don't Leave Me 9:14 █
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█ Review from FluidRadio: █
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█ Daniel W J Mackenzie eschews the filmic freedom and concentrated █
█ consistency that is usually associated with the output of his alter ego, █
█ Ekca Liena, in order to create an extraordinary proposal that is titled █
█ Teeth Sleep Under Winking Black Eyelidà █
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█ This recording intends to challenge the listener with its use of █
█ contrived footage from two pianos that are abstractly arranged, █
█ performed and engineered to create intriguing instances of █
█ instrumentational incomprehension. Recognisable resonances are █
█ juxtaposed with primed piano proclamations and other mutated musical █
█ methodologies. This enigmatic investigation reveals an avant-garde gamut █
█ of prevailing acoustic possibilities that are produced when pianos are █
█ physically manipulated with tangible entities, hardware effects and █
█ post-production processing. █
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█ Undercroft Prelude is a superficial piano motif that acts as the █
█ æcontrolÆ element in these perplexing piano experiments. Recorded at his █
█ home and at BrightonÆs Under The Bridge Studios, Mackenzie creates █
█ genius loci; an auditory architectural anchor for the listener, this █
█ æsafeÆ point of reference may be required for reassurance later on as █
█ this eccentric excursion into hammered string strangeness progresses. █
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█ Disorientation Suite has a five second intro of æmotorikÆ fuzz that █
█ precedes a minimal and determined piano refrain that scale surfs to █
█ create aural anxiety. A swollen forewarning proliferates before we are █
█ exposed to antecedent elements of the rhythmic regressions, chaotic █
█ clamour and theoretical timbres that are ultimately discharged by the █
█ nucleus of this unorthodox opus. █
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█ Our Sentiments Alignment is circles of reflective piano, nostalgic note █
█ echoes, sheets of shiftable sustain and hauntingly stressed silences. █
█ Heavily distorted string manipulations and frictional processing █
█ techniques guide this taut emotive exercise. Miniature For Said █
█ Sentiments is a 30 second piano outro that complements its predecessor. █
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█ Hrisen has a transfigured riff of diffused snare brush percussion at its █
█ heart. Mutated wind and percussion illustrations, chronometric piano █
█ clang and, bass bursts mix and match, as poignant piano droplets blow by █
█ only to instantly distort and decay as an expressive ether condenses. █
█ Addendum flatters Hrisen with a fragmentary self-recollection warp that █
█ palpably persists. █
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█ Teeth Sleep I, Teeth Sleep ii, and Teeth Sleep iii combine to form a █
█ connected triptych. An irregular effects ensemble is coupled with piano █
█ chord cycles, illusionary string exploitations and misleading █
█ malfunctions to create a semiotic vision of fanged somnolance. Pulsed █
█ alienating ambiance, pervasive percussion, low frequency fluctuations █
█ and agonised strings ultimately give way to an obtuse yet convalescent █
█ composure with a dronish undertow. █
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█ In Chinese mythology the crane is a bird of immortality and is strongly █
█ identified with the attributes of long life, happiness and a smoothness █
█ of flight. Crane Temple certainly has an oriental sound and that sense █
█ of tranquillity that is associated with traditional Eastern beliefs. █
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█ A piano free Vamp while not necessarily beautiful has a certain allure █
█ with its arousing pulsed heartbeat that blatantly sets out to appeal █
█ like a heartless, man-eating seductress. █
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█ Confound indicates the beginning of the pianoÆs reappearance. It sounds █
█ mysterious and puzzling, as though there has been a mix up or confusion █
█ between the forces of good and bad, perhaps a defeat or even damnation █
█ is suggested. █
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█ Bathysphere Interlude is a brief deep-sea observation where the piano █
█ loses a battle with an all engulfing tidal wave of bass. █
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█ Into is a cover of æInto The WindÆ, a song by MackenzieÆs other persona █
█ Ekca Liena. ItÆs a song of contemplation that employs melancholic piano █
█ to mimic the fragility of human existence. █
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█ Take Any Form But DonÆt Leave Me is a literary reference from Wuthering █
█ Heights by Emily Bronte, and like the book the song speaks of betrayal, █
█ hate, death and love. ItÆs the final song and it alludes to the nature █
█ of a paroxysmal attack, a short psychotic episode that often precedes a █
█ descent into the abyss. █
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█ Teeth Sleep Under Winking Black Eyelid is an original exploratory piano █
█ philosophy of intense intimacy and lugubrious humility. █
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█ - Dean Rocker for Fluid Radio █
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