A-Sun_Amissa-The_Gatherer-(SOULLXXXVII)-LP-2017-DEF

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2017-09-24

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|   |   artist: A-Sun Amissa                                  |   |
|   |    album: The Gatherer                                  |   |
|   |    label: Consouling Sounds                             |   |
|   |  cat num: SOULLXXXVII                                   |   |
|   |    genre: Avantgarde                                    |   |
|   |     year: 2017                                          |   |
|   |  website: N/A                                           |   |
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|   | rls date: 09.2017                                       |   |
|   |   source: Vinyl                                         |   |
|   |  quality: VBRkbps / Joint Stereo                        |   |
|   |   tracks: 04                                            |   |
|   |   length: 45:43                                         |   |
|   |     size: 74,75 MB                                      |   |
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|   |  A1    Colossus Survives                         08:56  |   |
|   |  A2    Anodyne Nights Fon Somnolent Strangers    14:12  |   |
|   |  B1    Jason Molina's Blues                      10:45  |   |
|   |  B2    The Recapitulation                        11:50  |   |
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|   |                             > total playtime:    45:43  |   |
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|   |   A-Sun Amissa return with The Gatherer, their first    |   |
|   |   release since 2013 and a debut for Belgium-based      |   |
|   |   label Consouling Sounds.                              |   |
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|   |   Led by Richard Knox (Shield Patterns, The Rustle of   |   |
|   |   the Stars, Gizeh Records) and featuring a wide array  |   |
|   |   of collaborators, The Gatherer is a sonically         |   |
|   |   different beast to the band's previous releases. The  |   |
|   |   sound is denser and the free-dark-jazz elements of    |   |
|   |   previous outing You Stood Up For Victory, We Stood    |   |
|   |   Up For Less (Gizeh, 2013) are expanded upon. Thick,   |   |
|   |   subtle, reverberating drones underpin the four        |   |
|   |   tracks found here but the palette is expanded.        |   |
|   |   Electronic beats are featured for the first time,     |   |
|   |   field recordings flit in and out and the band as a    |   |
|   |   whole push into new, heavier territories with         |   |
|   |   melodic saxophone and clarinet motifs intertwining    |   |
|   |   and leading the way.                                  |   |
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|   |   Collaboration is key here and The Gatherer sees a     |   |
|   |   host of fine musicians involved, including; Aidan     |   |
|   |   Baker (Nadja), Claire Brentnall (Shield Patterns),    |   |
|   |   Angela Chan (Tomorrow We Sail. Lanterns on the        |   |
|   |   Lake), Aaron Martin (From the Mouth of the Sun),      |   |
|   |   David McLean (Gnod, Tombed Vision Records), Frederic  |   |
|   |   D. Oberland (The Rustle of the Stars, Oiseaux         |   |
|   |   Tempete, FareWell Poetry, FOUDRE!), Owen Pegg         |   |
|   |   (Hundred Year Old Man), Colin H. Van Eeckhout         |   |
|   |   (Amenra, CHVE). Each one bringing something unique    |   |
|   |   to the table, each one carefully marking the record   |   |
|   |   with their own vision and sound. Jack Shirley         |   |
|   |   (Deafheaven, Oathbreaker etc) mastered the record to  |   |
|   |   2" tape at his Atomic Garden studio in San            |   |
|   |   Francisco.                                            |   |
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|   |   The intent is signalled early on as Colossus          |   |
|   |   Survives opens with droning saxophone notes,          |   |
|   |   accompanied soon after with hypnotic electronic       |   |
|   |   beats before exploding into a free-jazz workout with  |   |
|   |   clarinet, saxophone and viola all uniting to form an  |   |
|   |   overwhelming noise. Thick guitar tones introduce      |   |
|   |   Anodyne Nights For Somnolent Strangers before it      |   |
|   |   subsumes into an inextricable world of droning        |   |
|   |   strings and Aidan Baker's hushed vocals. The          |   |
|   |   delicate and ponderous viola introduction on Jason    |   |
|   |   Molina's Blues sweeps you gently along before the     |   |
|   |   saxophone creeps in and takes over in the album's     |   |
|   |   centrepiece. The track then begins to collapse and    |   |
|   |   disintegrate with new sounds entering and falling     |   |
|   |   away with visceral, disorientating regularity.        |   |
|   |   Finally, The Recapitulation completes this quartet    |   |
|   |   of compositions with an altogether more haunting,     |   |
|   |   menacing tone. Trance-like electronics draw you in    |   |
|   |   before Colin H. Van Eeckhout's meditative vocal       |   |
|   |   delivery, coupled with evocative saxophone and        |   |
|   |   clarinet, collide to form a seductive conclusion to   |   |
|   |   The Gatherer.                                         |   |
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|   |  hi2u! go to the show, buy the records, stop whining    |   |
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|   |          pyt siberia soup sour sq tr trt usr            |   |
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|   |      ... thank you for the music and/or the good fun!   |   |
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|   |    nfo & design by #MONk!# of diViNE sTYLERS!           |   | |
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