Artist : Angel
Title : Kalmukia
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2008
Date : 02/15/2008
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 04
Label : Emego
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 58:31 min
Size : 77,5 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Bones in the Sand 12:46
02.Kalmukia: the Discovery, Wiring, 19:35
Invasion
03.Effect of Discovery, Test, Alarm, 13:12
Catastrophy
04.Aftermath: the Mutation 12:58
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58:31 min
From Boomkat:
Comes in a deluxe special booklet designed by Ilpo VΣisΣnen of Pan Sonic** A collaboration between Pan
Sonic's Ilpo Vaisanen, Schneider TM's Dirk Dresselhaus and Hildur Gudnadottir of Lost In Hildurness, this
incredible album finds the trio spinning a fine web of dark drones and digital noise oscillations in a fashion
that's clearly got a lot in common with fellow Editions Mego labelmates KTL. Angel relies upon a similarly
organic relationship between doomy, metallic abrasion and avant-garde minimalism, with computer
manipulations weaving deathly guitar and cello textures into an eerie, dark ambient soundscape. The echo
-plain slide guitar on opener 'Bones In The Sand' could have been lifted clean off Earth's Hex LP, but
transcending any sense of being derivative, the piece unfurls to reveal a menacing, lyrical cello solo cutting
through the tangle of distortion and sustaining noise. Befitting its confusing title, 'Kalmukia - The Discovery,
Wiring, Invasion' presents an epic lurch toward atmospheric, industrial sound processing, riddled with
shimmering cymbal clatter and shards of cello scrapes escaping the overwhelming factory hum. It's only
once you arrive at the final piece 'Aftermath: The Mutation' that the album truly distinguishes itself from the
death ambient pack: there's a brightness and effulgence of tone that's closer to the psychedelic excess of
Burning Star Core, albeit with a little less dirt sucked into the recording. Another magnificent spillage of
auditory dark matter from the Editions Mego camp, and a beguiling, limited package to boot. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
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