Michael_Idehall-Deep_Code_Sol-(ACT329)-CD-2015-CBR

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MP3/FLAC

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CBR

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139,81 MB

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19

Date

2016-02-25

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 Release Info:

 Artist   : Michael Idehall
 Album    : Deep Code Sol
 Genre    : Industrial
 Label    : Ant-Zen
 Catnum   : ACT329
 Source   : CDDA
 URL      : http://https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Idehall-Deep-Code-Sol/release

 Mode Info:

 Tracks   : 15
 Time     : 01:16:04
 Size     : 145.51 MB
 Encode   : LAME 32bits version 3.98.4 (http://www.mp3dev.org/) -V0
 Quality  : 251kbps 44100Hz Joint Stereo

 Tracklist:

 1.  Tusked                                                        2:12
 2.  Omphalos                                                      3:18
 3.  Slow Spiral                                                   4:53
 4.  Lucifer                                                       5:30
 5.  Beast Mask                                                    4:33
 6.  Feline                                                        5:59
 7.  Spiderwoman                                                   3:07
 8.  Tusked                                                        2:18
 9.  Language Of The Birds                                        10:09
 10. Lakwa                                                         6:28
 11. Snake Messiah                                                 3:17
 12. Serpent Wand                                                  5:33
 13. Seantronique                                                  5:30
 14. Solar Wind                                                    9:01
 15. Vril-Ya                                                       4:16

                                                                   76:04  (min)



 Deep Code Sol is actually an amalgamation of two previous cassette releases by
 Michael Idehall, 2014's Deep Code and 2012's Sol. The music on the collection
 reflects the aesthetics of tape-only power electronics and experimental synth,
 although thereÆs something specifically different in the way that IdehallÆs
 compositions are realized. For all their grit and grind, thereÆs a definite
 sense of space at play. While so much noise based music relies on
 claustrophobia and contained violence to make an impact, these songs feel like
 theyÆre emerging from hermetic spaces into a much larger world of sound.

 The recordsÆ most outstanding numbers are concentrated in the Deep Code portion
 of the proceedings, specifically the ones where Idehall provides deep,
 half-sung vocals with something of a neo-folk bent. ôFelineö is barely more
 than a distorted synth loop with deeply intoned lyrics, but the affect is
 hypnotic and arresting, especially in the way that IdehallÆs voices always
 seems to be just barely breaking the trackÆs surface, always in danger of being
 dragged back under. ôLuciferö operates similarly but makes good use of clanking
 and trilling percussion to impart structure and signal changes in mood and
 direction. Occasionally touching on more traditional rhythmic noise (ôSlow
 Spiralö) and drone (ôBeast Maskö), the first eight tracks of the release have a
 deep replayability.

 The Sol portion of the record is less compulsively listenable, although its
 major flaw is really only in not being quite as good as its counterpart on the
 collection. The production is a bit less full and distinct as it is on the Sol
 songs, ôSeantroniqueö and ôSerpent Wandö feel like good proofs of concept for
 the vocal nÆ noise style that Idehall would perfect in short order. ôSnake
 Messiahö proves to be the biggest standout, riding out on an almost
 imperceptible shuffle of percussion and a some very fraught tones bouncing off
 of an endlessly repeated mantra; ôThere is a black man coming to meet meö. Like
 the best of the tracks on Deep Code Sol it reflects both a deep intensity and
 the suggestion of release, as though its creator is steadily pushing them
 outwards, patient and unrelenting.

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