Astral_Social_Club_-_Neon_Pibroch-CD-2007-CRUELTY

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             Artist...: Astral Social Club
             Album....: Neon Pibroch
             Genre....: Electronic
             Label....: Important Records
             Source...: CDDA
             Size.....: 100,86 MB
             Playtime.: 56:50 min
             Type.....: Album
  `          Release..: Dec-08-2013
             Encoder..: LAME V3.98.4 -V0
   `         Quality..: avgkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
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       | X | 01.    Tripel Foment                          18:31   | X |
       | X | 02.    Neon Pibroch                           20:03   | X |
       | X | 03.    The Big Spree                          18:16   | X |
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                  `:  Neon Pibroch is a brand new full     :'
                  `:  length cd from the Astral Social     :'
                  `:  Club. Also available at the same     :'
                  `:  time is a limited edition Astral     :'
                  `:  Social Club LP on Important titled   :'
                  `:  Super Grease. Neon Pibroch is        :'
                  `:  dedicated to the memory of Textile   :'
                  `:  Records founder Benoit Sonnette.     :'
                  `:  Astral Social Club is the current    :'
                  `:  project of Neil Campbell, formerly   :'
                  `:  of Vibracathedral Orchestra,         :'
                  `:  Sunroof!, A Band and many more.      :'
                  `:  Campbell has been active since the   :'
                  `:  early 80s, and The Wire magazine has :'
                  `:  said that, along with his friends    :'
                  `:  Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower, he :'
                  `:  "provided the map co-ordinates for   :'
                  `:  much of what passed for a post-punk  :'
                  `:  UK underground during most of the    :'
                  `:  80s and 90s".                        :'
                  `:                                       :'
                  `:  Campbell''s approach as Astral       :'
                  `:  Social Club could be seen as both a  :'
                  `:  continuation and a refutal of his    :'
                  `:  work with Vibracathedral Orchestra - :'
                  `:  a continuation in that it continues  :'
                  `:  the quest into the unknown stellar   :'
                  `:  regions of improvised drone-based    :'
                  `:  music, and a refutal in its espousal :'
                  `:  of most of the elemental organic     :'
                  `:  rock modes that made that band so    :'
                  `:  special. The focus here is more on   :'
                  `:  alien electronics and overloaded     :'
                  `:  loop disorientation, sometimes even  :'
                  `:  working with sounds more readily     :'
                  `:  associated with the far end of dance :'
                  `:  music to produce a truly vast 21st   :'
                  `:  century psychedelic sound.           :'
                  `:                                       :'
                  `:  Late last year, VHF Records released :'
                  `:  a compilation/mix CD drawn from the  :'
                  `:  earlier string of self-released CDRs :'
                  `:  which showcased the diverse methods  :'
                  `:  employed in Astral Social Club       :'
                  `:  recordings. These encompass          :'
                  `:  straight-ahead drumbox/synthesizer   :'
                  `:  jamming, computer-processing,        :'
                  `:  swirling loops, primitive vocal      :'
                  `:  holler, noise catharsis, tranquil    :'
                  `:  guitar shimmer and a busload of      :'
                  `:  other angles. The live experience    :'
                  `:  throws these methods up the air,     :'
                  `:  cranks up the volume and adds a      :'
                  `:  visceral, seething human presence    :'
                  `:  before letting it fall all over the  :'
                  `:  audience. Despite the excessive use  :'
                  `:  of electronics and processing, the   :'
                  `:  over-riding feeling is one of a raw, :'
                  `:  ecstatic communion with the music, a :'
                  `:  million miles from sterile           :'
                  `:  "electronica". Although largely a    :'
                  `:  solo project, Astral Social Club     :'
                  `:  collaborators have included Tirath   :'
                  `:  Singh Nirmala, Richard Youngs and    :'
                  `:  Arttu Partinen.                      :'



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