- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Steven R. Smith
Album: The Anchorite
Label: Root Strata
Playtime: 38:35 min
Genre: Ambient
URL: http://www.worstward.com/
Rip date: 2008-03-28
Street date: 2008-00-00
Size: 55.28 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 189 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
Originally released in 2006 on Important Records as a limited run LP in their
ongoing Arts & Crafts Series, Root Strata is proud to present the reissue of
The Anchorite, a dazzling jewel in Smiths substantial discography. Performed
live to two track with the aide of tape loops and prerecorded takes, the
music maintains a drifting, painterly quality that easily evokes the American
west as much as the European east which Smith so lovingly mines for his Hala
Strana recordings. Sepia toned and tinged with a luminous distortion, The
Anchorite, as the name suggests, is reserved, pulled back and solemn, some
kind of hermetic prayer for the end of the world. Beautifully repackaged with
new artwork in a heavy black & white gatefold CD case with offset printing.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. stars heaped up like grain ( 3:51)
02. procession ( 3:21)
03. paths in the bower ( 3:34)
04. the anchorite ( 2:40)
05. vine ( 4:35)
06. ampulla ( 2:50)
07. moss landing ( 3:12)
08. anastasis ( 4:01)
09. closing ( 3:40)
10. ascension ( 6:51)
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