a r t i s t : Windy & Carl / Heavy Winged
t i t l e : Monolith: Earth
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Music Fellowship
c a t : MF38
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Avant / Free Rock / Dreamcore / Drone
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2009
t r a c k s : 03
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 94,6 MB
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The first monolith appears on Earth. The apes, huddled in a
valley, find the mysterious object and approach it with
trepidation. With one hesitant touch, evolution is spurred,
and the apes begin their ascent(/descent) to humanity with the
use of tools. Territorial wars between apes are no longer
fought with fists and teeth, but with bones and clubs. As the
victorious ape hurls his deathclub into the air, thousands of
years of evolution fly by from first tool to spacecraft.
The Monolith series combines two artists on the same
one-sided, reverse-cut LP by hard-panning one recording to the
right and the other recording to the left. By adjusting the
panning controls on his or her turntable, the listener is free
to control the degree to which the two recordings melt into
one. Each edition in the series is limited to a one-time
pressing of 500 picture disc LPs featuring a Monolith inspired
painting by Ned Clayton and includes a CD with stereo mixes,
extended versions, and bonus tracks.
Monolith: Earth is the oxymoronic pairing of dreamcore drone
legends Windy and Carl and new school leaders of free rock
Heavy Winged. Heavy Winged contribute one of their darkest,
most oppressive tracks yet. The addition of Windy and Carl's
purity creates something entirely different. It's no longer
the sound of three bros busting out dark drone metal in some
shed in snowy Vermont; it's now the sound of some communal
artists busting out epic krautjams in the German hinterland.
Primitive, vicious early man meets colossal pristine symbol of
higher thought - could there be any better pairing for this
Monolith?
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01-Windy & Carl - Inteligence in Evolution [29:00]
02-Heavy Winged - Wool and Water [23:04]
03-Windy & Carl & Heavy Winged - Monolith: Earth [23:45]
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75:49 min