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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Thuja/My Cat Is An Alien
t i t l e : From The Earth To The Spheres Vol. 2
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : n/a
g e n r e : Other
r l s. d a t e : Sep-27-2004
t r a c k s : 02
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 51,4 MB
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Second stage of the 'From the Earth to the Spheres' split LP's
series set out by the two Italian brothers Maurizio and Roberto
Opalio, aka My Cat Is An Alien, on their own Opax Records
label, alongside some of the most brilliant and prolific
outsider artists of the international avant-scene. Opax Records
started up releasing very limited cdr editions, whose unique
handmade art-packaging style fit the creative urgency of the
improv duo, since both brothers work in sound sculptures as
well as in painting, photography and installations. After some
releases on prestigious labels such as Thurston Moore's
Ecstatic Peace, Starlight Furniture Co. and Eclipse Records,
this vinyl series will give you a concrete idea of the gestural
/ musical approach to the uncompromising aesthetics which
permeates all MCIAA's works.
While Thurston Moore / My Cat Is An Alien led you to the center
of a radio-waves nebulae in vol.1, Thuja / MCIAA come back to
the earth before leaving for the outer space again. Thuja can
be considered the project which originated the San
Francisco-based Jewelled Antler Music, one of the most
interesting and active avant-rock improv ensembles to date, as
well as a self-run label releasing their several side-projects
(The Blithe Sons, The Franciscan Hobbiesà). Co-founder members
Loren Chasse (Of, Coelacanth) and Glenn Donaldson (Mirza, Sky
Green Leopards) have both developed an impressive soloist
career: Donaldson as Birdtree and Ivytree, Chasse as one of the
finest audiovisual artists performing in art gallery-spaces
throughout the world. Joined in this track by co-founder member
Rob Reger and collaborator Greg Bianchini, Thuja come to their
first release on vinyl format (àand this fits them so well that
you'll hope it won't be the last one). Introducing the musical
aesthetics of Thuja we could make a bookish comparison with the
sublime writings by William Least Heat-Moon, and with 'Prairies
Erth' in particular, since they both operate a deep and
detailed research into the earth; we surely could speak of
minimalism about the sound textures created by Thuja, as well
as about the attention they pay in examining the nature of each
sound and the way each sound is recontextualized within their
elaborate real-time compositions. 'The magma is the brother of
the stone' is one of the most adventurous and hypnotic works in
their whole discography. On the other side of the vinyl My Cat
Is An Alien keep their alien explorations up, starting with
scanning the earth's surface with obscure and scattered drones,
while faraway heartfelt sounds toll the knell: it's the world
collapsing into silenceàMCIAA's 'When the earth whispered your
name' is a new departure towards the void of the Cosmos, where
the high-frequency ectoplasms sound no more like howls, but
like a more and more intimate blues indeed. The next vols of
the series will feature Jackie-O Motherfucker, Jim O'Rourke,
Christina Carter, Double Leopards, Glands of External Secretion
and Christian Marclay. Each vol comes as a special SPACE ART
ltd. only-vinyl edition of 100 copies, whose 'sleeves' are
Roberto Opalio's original paintings on 31x31cm. wood support.
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01-Thuja - The Magma is the Brother of the Stone [17:56]
02-My Cat Is An Alien - When the Earth Whispered Your [19:29]
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37:25 min
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