ARTIST...: Sumerian Fleet
TITLE....: Pendulum
YEAR.....: 2017
LABEL....: Dark Entries
CAT.NO...: DE-178
GENRE....: Electronic
TIME.....: 40:27
SIZE.....: 92,69 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44,1kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2017/09/20
WEBSITE..: https://play.google.com
TRACKLIST
01) (04:41) Pendulum
02) (04:02) This Game Has No Name
03) (05:52) Seven Sins
04) (05:05) Still Walking
05) (05:31) All Against One
06) (05:43) Blackrooms
07) (04:59) Wasteland
08) (04:34) Thorazine
Sumerian Fleet is a trio formed by Dutch producers Alden Tyrell and Mr Pauli, joined
by Zarkoff after their 2010 debut EP. Their second EP came out in 2012 followed by
their debut album æJust PressureÆ on Dark Entries in 2014. Sumerian Fleet have
returned to release their sophomore LP æPendulumÆ of all new material as well as a
remixed version of ôThis Game Has No Nameö from ZarkoffÆs other band, FFFC.
æPendulumÆ contains 80Æs Dark Wave/EBM inspired tracks with an industrial tinge. The
band cites inspiration from musical acts Fad Gadget, Front 242, Bauhaus and Sisters
of Mercy. Literary references come from Poe's æThe Pit and the PendulumÆ, Pelevin's
æGeneration PÆ and æLife of BugsÆ, as well as classic Cyberpunk like Gibson's
æSprawlÆ trilogy. Sumerian Fleet deliver 8 songs of vintage dark electro with a
Gothic tinge and a touch of bass guitar. The album's been put together in a way that
the listener can connect the dots, create a narrative, and become immersed in this
attitude that the bandÆs trying to convey, such as Vigny's idea of accepting despair:
"A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the
essence of wisdom."
All songs were initially recorded at Mr PauliÆs studio in Den Haag, with overdubs and
additional recordings at ZarkoffÆs Sensorium Studio in Croatia, and then final mix
downs at Alden Tyrell's studio in Rotterdam. The album has been mastered by Alden
Tyrell and EQed for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP is
packaged in a copper foil stamped jacket designed by Eloise Leigh, with abstract
squares in varied rhythmic repetitions to indicate motion, and included a double
sided 10öx10ö insert with lyrics and notes.
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