K11 / Pietro Riparbelli & Philippe Petit - The Haunting Tryptich (c) 2010 Boring Machines
Artist....: K11 / Pietro Riparbelli & Philippe Petit
Album.....: The Haunting Tryptich
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 3
Genre.....: Ambient
Label.....: Boring Machines
Catalogue#: BM020
Encoder...: lame 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / JS
URL.......: http://www.boringmachines.it/news.php
Tracklist:
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1. Chapter 1: residual spookiness [18:7]
2. Chapter 2: shadow creatures [14:6]
3. Chapter 3: doppelganger presen [13:26]
Total:67 MB /
Release Notes:
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The Haunting Triptych is an even denser piece of work. Over the course of
its three tracks, ranging from just under fourteen to just over eighteen
minutes, the pair carve extremely rich progressive dark ambient drones and
textured soundscapes from radio signals, field recordings, electronics,
processed acoustics, turntables and glass manipulations. From the sombre
isolationist tones of this record emerge moments of glacial beauty.
Twelve minutes into Chapter 1: Residual Spookiness, the haunting toll of
treated brass rises from a cloud of distortions and noise to hover
ominously over the rest of the piece. The muffled calls of a distant choir
on Chapter 2: Shadow Creatures resonate eerily over the first half of
the piece, and the feeling never quite goes away, even when they
progressively become drowned in distortions and interferences. Ghostly
voices can also occasionally be heard piercing through the gloom of
Chapter 3: Doppleganger Presence, but it is the more obvious stabs of
unidentified noises peppered through the whole piece, which could be
everything and anything from rewinding tapes or amplified bat calls to
failing computers or paranormal manifestations, which never cease to
captivate and intrigue. The heavy atmosphere weighting down on the whole
album rarely lifts up for long as Petit and Riparbelli submit their
audience to a particularly chilling sonic assault.