a r t i s t : Hototogisu
t i t l e : Chimaerendaemmerung
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : De Stilj DS062
g e n r e : Rock
r l s. d a t e : Sep/2006
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 95,8 MB
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Hototogisu are Marcia Bassett and Matthew Bower, and they dwell upon
two continents (Marcia in brooklyn NY and matthew in leeds UK). Both
share rich discographical heritage. Marcia has recorded with numerous
labels (siltbreeze, time-lag, eclipse, troubleman unlimited, etc.) with
UN, GHQ and the Double Leopards, and Matthew with Total, Skullflower,
Sunroof!, Vibracathedral Orchestra and more. A Wikipedia entry in his
name clearly (sic) illustrates his cultural heft: "BowerÆs huge
discography of visceral, free drone-rock is probably the most formidable
of its kind and he was rightly considered in 2005 by The Wire to be one
of the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK
underground during most of the 80s and 90s" (issue 259) .
Chimarendammerung is the 3rd Hototogisu release on Destijl and the 5
untitled walls of vertical viola drone / overtone, lapped by shifting
electronic waves of feedback, blackened guitars, rhinegold cast deep
into dying rivers, an instrumental cycle of conflict, of the birth of
a supreme aristocratic beauty into a fallen world, and its inevitable
conflagration, then a glimmer of hope of escape from the cycle, in tune
w/ the breath of the cosmos, like a glacial reimagining of van der
graafs 'a plague of lighthouse keepers', and it represents a current
plateau for the duo.
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01-Untitled [06:48]
02-Untitled [18:37]
03-Untitled [15:23]
04-Untitled [13:41]
05-Untitled [06:00]
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60:29 min