Artist : Formication
Title : Redux
Genre : Electronic / Ambient
Year : 2006
Date : Dec-2006
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 04
Label : Harmful 003CDR
Source : CDDA
Length : 49:34 min
Size : 76,2 MB
Tracklist:
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01.rise of the native 09:03
02.when the patient stars breathe 13:46
03.the line that divides the earth from 11:58
the sky
04.the victim 14:47
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49:34 min
Formication are a UK based duo with a penchant for droney
soundscapes. TheyÆve amassed quite a few releases now and
have been championed by the Wire, so I think itÆs high time
the rest of the world got on board û this particular
release sees them pillaging their back catalogue,
scrounging for scraps and rebuilding old tracks into
gigantic pseudo-ambient masterworks.
Bearing a strong resemblance to their heroes Coil, the
first track æRise of the NativeÆ begins with an analogue
drum machine cycle and squelching industrial synthesizers
bubbling atop, before long the ten minute piece has grown
in scope to include distant vocals and dischordant stabs
creating a veritable drugs haze of faded musical excess.
This sets the scene for the rest of the album, which excels
in pursuit of deep basses and rhythmic pounding (which I
can only guess echoes the tempo of my heartbeat or
something equally spiritually resounding). Apparently the
duo recommend that you should play this disc on random, so
the order in which the tracks appear are unimportant, I can
see this working as once you set off listening to æReduxÆ
the likelihood is youÆll be eager to travel into another
universe anyway, preferably one without time or order.
Dark, deep and ultimately satisfying, Formication take the
best of industrial experimentation and re-forge it just for
us...
Redux is out now on Harmful.