SHALT's debut 'Seraphim' LP is out in September 14 on Astral Plane Recordings

Out now: SHALT.lnk.to/Seraphim

Video by Nick Zhu and Tea Stražičić: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKLCOPNwxxU

1) Conceived on Ash
2) Preserved in Amber
3) Seraph
4) Fleeting
5) Ardour
6) Charred, Cleansed

With four APR releases under his belt, SHALT turns in his longest statement to date in Seraphim, a mini-epic that unfolds over six intricately arranged, brilliantly colored acts. Once again focusing in on the intersection between the technological and the natural, the London-based producer builds a narrative around an angelic being, a visage displayed by accompanying video work by Los Angeles' Nick Zhu. More concretely, the album delves into the contradictions inherent in technological development, ruminating over the capitalist myth of scarcity, coming (and present) ecological disaster, and the contemporary path of medical research.

Sonically, Seraphim features a fusion of the sensibilities featured on Acheron, Inertia and ʃælt, noisy effects and a barrage of rugged percussion juxtaposed with passages of melodic bliss. It's music preoccupied with technology, but with a naturalistic ethos at its core, emphasizing our confusion over humanity's influence on the world (even when uncynically trying to perform good deeds). That ethos is embodied in the baroque ambience of "Seraph", as well as the impactful, multi-layered crack of "Fleeting". It's deeply visual music and like the best sci-fi, deals with lasting contemporary issues under the guise of futurity. As described by the Bureau of Linguistical Reality, we are living in shadowtime and Seraphim is a nod to the distinct intellectual, moral and temporal crisis of our time.

Seraphim features album art work and vinyl design by Isaac Chabon and accompanying video work by Nick Zhu and Tea Stražičić. It will be released digitally and in a limited LP press.

SHALT - Ardour [APR115]

Blog since 2012
Label since 2016

http://dotheastralplane.com/

http://astralplanerecordings.com/

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a multitude of everything is a desire to listen to all the music at the same time.

It is the struggle to try to do everything and maybe just do nothing.

The current music project of darken malign an organiser and artist from Ireland, based in Berlin. The project is a discordant data dump of multiple streams and crumbling realities, overlaying first take vocals, with voice notes and field recordings, tossing in YouTube plunderphonics, abstract turntablism, a plethora of disembodied voices and choirs of angels. Incorporating influences from drone to lo-fi singer songwriter, Irish folk, baroque, ambient, and diving deep through a lifetime in music subcultures they try to find a voice through anxiety, a sense of hope and meaning in the data, seeking community through divergent streams for generous ears.

a multitude of everything debut release 'Everything Is Broken' drops Dec 2020 on and they have a series of EPs lined up for 2021

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