a r t i s t : Skullflower
t i t l e : Obsidian Shaking Codex
d a t e : 1993
l a b e l : RRRrecords
g e n r e : Noise/Drone
r l s. d a t e : Aug/2009
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 101,9 MB
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In conjunction with our release of "Orange Canyon Mind", we're
stoked to offer this early 90's full length from the mighty
Skullflower, "Obsidian Shaking Mind". Released on RRRecords
and kept in print via RRR's short run CD release, this 5 song,
72+ minute full length features an incredible haze of
beautiful droning feedback and freeform heaviness from Matthew
Bower and crew. Songs like "Sir Bendalot" and "Circular
Temple" create a dense fog of improvised violin screech over
cyclical, melodic guitar riff and buried freeform drum
bashing, while "Crashing Silver Ghost Phallus" starts off
pretty with a lazily strummed acoustic guitar that quickly
gets obliterated by a roaring jet-engine drone and a swarm of
chiming bells. "Diamond Bullet" weaves wah-wah soaked guitars
and oscillating feedback around a steady rock beat, and the
disc closes out with one of the best Skullflower songs EVER,
"Smoke Jaguar", a 10+ minute drone epic with a
recurrent,triumphant melody and miles of hypnotic humming
feedback and free-jazzy drum skitter, awesome and meditative,
heavy and psychedelic.
Being one of RRRecords shortrun CD releases, this is packaged
similiarly to the simple, but effective "Pure" series: a black
cardstock wallet sealed by a paper label that wraps over the
sleeve (we had to whip out the Exacto knife to slit ours open
without mangling the cover), which contains a plain silver
disc with a small label affixed to the face.
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01-Sir Bendalot [09:13]
02-Circular Temple [12:37]
03-Crashing Silver Ghost Phallus [11:15]
04-Diamond Bullet [15:35]
05-Smoke Jaguar [24:57]
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73:37 min