a r t i s t : Higuma
t i t l e : Den Of The Spirits
d a t e : 2010
l a b e l : Digitalis
c a t : DIGIV019
s o u r c e : Vinyl
g e n r e : Psychedelic/Folk/Drone
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2010
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 56,7 MB
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This is the second bit of gorgeous ambient folk drone we've
heard from Higuma, the duo of Barn Owl's Evan Caminiti and his
musical partner Lisa McGee, after a criminally limited cd-r on
Root Strata, sadly this lp is nearly as limited, only 250
copies total, already sold out and out of print, except maybe
for the 25 copies we have right now, which as you know means,
be quick or be dead (dead as in, no Higuma for you, you wonÆt
actually die, maybe).
The sounds is much like you might expect from the Barn Owl /
Elm / Caminiti and now Higuma axis, looooong tracks of dark
windswept shimmer, dense brooding drones and epic abstract
folk flecked drift.
Clouds of processed guitar swirl ghostlike above buried
rhythms, chant like vox, skeletal melodies, the sounds sprawl
and smolder, occasionally building to drugged out Spacemen
3-like soft cacophonies, but just as often melting into
something more delicate and space-y with spidery psychedelic
guitars blurred into distant swells, gongs and chimes, adding
mysterious textures and overtones to the already gloriously
murky and moody proceedings.
The whole record is a delicate assemblage of whir and buzz and
rumble, the sounds intertwined, smeared, layered into spectral
space drone, but always remaining earthy and organic, not OF
the stars, but earthbound and staring up INTO the stars, the
sound of deep black night, dusted with starlight, all held at
bay by the flicker and crackle of HigumaÆs slow burning
dreamlike blurscapes.
So gorgeous. Cool handscreened sleeves, original art by
Caminiti, and again, 250 copies, out of print, and unavailable
once these final copies are gone...
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01-Glacial Tongues [01:19]
02-The Ocelot [05:13]
03-Hexed And Vexed [04:44]
04-Hathor's Dance [06:32]
05-Kaldeidoscope Moon [02:12]
06-Sun Crown [07:26]
07-Are You Nobody Too? [11:08]
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38:34 min