Artificial cranial enlargement is the 7th album from contrabassist and noise artisan Artstractos. This release features a series of improvisations inspired by the concept of artificial cranial enlargements. The practice of cranial modification, also known as cranial reshaping or head shaping, has a long history dating back to ancient civilizations. This album explores the bioarchaeology of this practice within the context of Mesoamerica, delving into the cultural, social, and biological significance of cranial modification in precolonial times.
 
The tracks on this album range from haunting and atmospheric to dark and sinister overtones, all with a foundation in the rich, sonorous harmonics of the contrabass.

Artificial cranial enlargement

Zygomatic bindings

Zygomatic Bindings

Remnants

uon + Exael - Piano

bylgja  (bandcamp free download ep.)

https://stabilo-loadbang.bandcamp.com/album/bylgja

:art work

stabilo (speaker gain teardrop)

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bylgja

"Remembrance" is taken from "Invisible Island". Midori Hirano´s follow up album from 2015s "Minor Planet". Handmade LP and CD editions available from Sonic Pieces February 7th.

Midori Hirano - Remembrance

Taken from the album 'Teum (The Silvery Slit)' released as LP and Digital

Okkyung Lee 'Teum (The Silvery Slit)' (excerpt) (SPGRM 003)

Artstractos blurs the lines between music and noise in both composition and performance. The result is a unique blend of timbres and dissonant textures, a genre-bending collection of vignettes that obfuscate boundaries between music and sonic collages created on Contrabass, Theremin and homemade plug-ins.

Artstractos is the brainchild of Harold Sotomayor a 
multi-instrumentalist noise artisan.

Zygomatic Bindings

Artstractos

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