Written by Dear Desert
Produced by Darragh Nolan (Sacred Animals) and Dear Desert

Give It Up

DOTS

Geotic - Beaming Husband

The Summoner comes 4 years since the last Kreng album Grimoire and 3 years since the massive retrospective box set Works for Abattoir Férme 2007-2011. A lot has happened in between, and this new recording can be seen as quite the departure from the aformentioned. 

His most personal album to date, The Summoner is based around the 5 stages of mourning and is made after a year of losing several close friends. Hard enough material to work on, he decided to add a 6th stage, entitled The Summoning to be able to arrive at the finalé, Acceptance. 

Conjuring up the spirit of György Ligeti, the first half of the album is made entirely of 12 string players being directed to play around, make noisey clusters and crescendoes, moving you between Denial, Anger, Bargaining and Depression. In fact, The Summoner is the first Kreng album NOT made by hordes of samples. Music to really dig deep in to. 

Following into the second part of the album, twists and turns are taken and it's hard to know where exactly you are. The Summoning's haunting organs and smoke-filled chambers lead you in to an earth- shaking wall of guitars, drums and bass courtesy of Belgian doom band Amenra. Leaving you in a state of shock, the album closes in an incredibly heartfelt and quiet way with the fittingly named Acceptance.

Kreng - Depression

Eluvium -  Under the Water It Glowed

Noah - Back

EGYPTOLOGY "Sur Les Autres Mondes" (LP/DL)
Release date: 23rd March 2018

Cat.#: HITD 036
All tracks composed, performed & recorded by Stéphane Laporte & Olivier Lamm
Mixing @ Red Bull Studio, Paris
Mastering by Mike Grinser @ Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin
Images by Lucien Rudaux
Layout by Jean-Philippe Bretin

Label, orders: www.handsinthedarkrecords.com

EGYPTOLOGY - Wunder Der Schöpfung (Merveilles de la Création)

Artist: Tangents
Title: Terracotta
Album: New Bodies
Release Date: June 15, 2018

Pre-Order: www.temporaryresidence.com/products/trr301

After an eventful year of touring throughout their native Australia – including runs with labelmates MONO and like- minded pioneers Tortoise – and featuring alongside the work of artist David Hockney at the National Gallery of Victoria, post-everything quintet Tangents return with another album, and another stylistic detour. New Bodies continues Tangents’ rummage through countless varieties of electronics, rock, dub, noise, and free improv jazz that defines the group’s acclaimed aesthetic. A spacious, plucked cello gives way to a minimalist breakbeat tableau resting over rhythmic prepared piano; a staid electronic groove is gradually absorbed into washes of frenzied improv; staccato synths are woven into tumbling avant-rock; and shimmering free drums phase over static loops of piano, guitar and cello. To quote FACT Magazine, “The quintet are so comfortable working with jazz, folk music, post-rock and electronic music that it comfortably hangs in a space between them all.” On New Bodies, that description rings more intuitive and authentic than ever.

Recorded and mixed by Richard Belkner at Free Energy Device Studios
Mastered by Casey Rice
Artwork by Britt Hatzius

Tangents - Terracotta

Angèle David-Guillou, fresh off the back of October’s 'En Mouvement' accompanying EP 'Mouvements Organiques', released in February, develops her compositional skills with ‘The Valley Of Detachment’ – a potent and formidable study in writing for the saxophone family.

Available physically as a special Record Store Day release in selected shops, and digitally from 4th May.

Angèle David-Guillou - The Valley Of Detachment

Believe

Gold and Soil's self-titled debut album is available 11/13 (Digital) and 11/20 (Vinyl). Pre-Order vinyl now - http://nonprojects.bigcartel.com/product/gold-and-soil-gold-and-soil

Originally premiered on The FADER - http://www.thefader.com/2012/11/01/stream-gold-and-soil-of-our-earth/

Eluvium - Under the Water It Glowed

Alto_Stratus

Recent comments

Widje

Lamę Roçker

Related tracks