a r t i s t : Xela
t i t l e : The Divine
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Digitalis
c a t : ltd#100
s o u r c e : TAPE
g e n r e : Avantgarde/Drone
r l s. d a t e : Nov/2009
t r a c k s : 02
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 65,6 MB
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"Now those that dwell in a corrupt body,
like those who sail in an old
ship, do not lie on their back, but are
ever praying, stretching their
hands to God."
oh xela, what's left to say? just in time for john twells'
move to the united states, "the divine" drops at your door.
whereas it's predecessor, "the illuminated," was a dark,
twisted trek through the most uncomfortable reaches of the
xela psyche, "the divine" looks toward the light, attemping to
find solace but, again, finds nothing to hang on to. and it's
one hell of a jam.
starting out with endless loops of church bells battering your
skull into a reverie, the next thing you know it's like you're
suddenly a cockroach in the house of god. cryptic voices haunt
the bells and get dragged through the dirt. everything and
everyone is lost in the static. toward the end, a choir of
voices emerges, escaping the black hole plague.
but twells ain't done yet. flip things over and it leads to
something else entirely. an electronic stew is the bedrock and
twells' voice is the steeple. washed-out drones build momentum
until the only place to escape is into the galaxies beyond.
there's something sickly beautiful at work here with
everything under a layer of frosted glass. twells wails, a
siren song to certain doom no doubt, but it's a choice we make
time and time again to embrace our delicious demise. edition
of 200, pro-dubbed w/ gold-on-black imprinting on type II high
bias tapes.
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01-A Corpse Hangs In The House Of The Lord [25:46]
02-Of The Light And Of The Stars [25:30]
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51:16 min