a r t i s t : Axolotl
t i t l e : Way Blank
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Psych-O-Path / psp-016
g e n r e : Noise
r l s. d a t e : okt/2006
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 66,4 MB
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All the forces of nature are alive and breathing again in
Axolotl's second release from Psych-O-Path Records. In, "Way
Blank", Karl Bauer recreates and builds on the organic and
meditative sonic themes he and William Sabiston introduced on
their self-titled debut album (Psych-o-Path 2004). Through
arrangements and tones drawn from 60's minimalism, post-techno
ambient electronics, Asian and African field recordings and
Japanese psychedelia, and drawing from the cut and paste
sensibility of the Sun City Girls "Way Blank" manifests itself
as a journey of the human body and experienced by the human
body.
In the beginning of 2002 Karl Bauer, a classically trained
violinist, created Axolotl (pronounced ôAx-oh-lot-elö) in San
Francisco naming his band after a word derived from the Aztec
Nahuatl language. An Axolotl is an aquatic salamander
indigenous to Mexico and also refers to the Aztec god of death
ôXolotl.ö Bauer not only draws from eclectic musical
inspiration but also is inspired by pre- Columbian Mesoamerica
civilians, and the ôfuture apocalypse.ö Through collaged
clusters of sound ôWay Blankö communicates the cyclical nature
of time prevalent in the Mayan, Incan and Aztec belief systems
that will potentially determine the fall of contemporary
Western Civilization.
http://www.psych-o-path.com/
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01-Pneuma [05:13]
02-Uroboros [11:37]
03-Occiput [04:28]
04-Utriusque Capax [05:45]
05-Occulis Mentalibus [02:52]
06-Way Blank [06:38]
07-Numinosum [04:04]
08-There Are Sometimes Miracles [05:41]
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46:18 min