Artist: Giant Claw
Album: Mirror Guide
Format: Digital / Vinyl
Release: May 7 or 14, 2021

Music by Keith Rankin
Visual art by Ellen Thomas and Keith Rankin
Mastered by Starkey

Artist Statement:

I have been recording Mirror Guide off and on since my previous album Soft Channel came out in 2017, working on pieces in my spare time while co-running Orange Milk Records and trying to make a living as a freelance visual artist. 

I wanted Mirror Guide to feel less frenzied than some of my previous music, and decided to use a hyperreal string sound as a lead instrument the rest of the sounds could orbit around. I improvised long stretches with the digital instrument and picked moments that elicited some emotional response in me as the foundation for each piece. It helped to imagine a small synthetic ensemble playing every additional part, considering the choices an individual might make if they were focused primarily on their instruments’ role within the group. 

In my improvised sessions I also gravitated towards what I called a ‘bouncing ball’ rhythm - later described to me as an exponential rhythmic sequence. After thinking about how genres often center around a core rhythmic pattern I adopted the sequence as another consistent feature for the album. 

In the past I’ve cut up pop acapellas as vocal elements, but on Mirror Guide decided to work with several artists I had come to know from three very different music scenes. I traveled to Pittsburgh for a few days and recorded with vocalist Tamar Kamin (from the band the Van Allen Belt) generating hours of improvised and lightly prepared melodic material that I later edited into several songs. I also incorporated more poetic almost spoken word vocals from Japanese musician and photographer NTsKi and a small segment of screeching moans from fellow Ohioan Diana Gruber. 

More generally I found inspiration from artists like Paul Lansky, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and the range of emotion in the music of Geinoh Yamashirogumi Orchestra, best known for scoring the Akira soundtrack which is a longtime favorite. I was also encouraged to complete Mirror Guide through conversations with the late composer, tape collage pioneer, and friend Noah Creshevsky, who gave me several boosts of confidence after hearing early versions of the music.

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[PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] proudly presents its 86th release — Mountain Altai VA: Belukha Mountain. Dub Techno Star Collection, Vol. 12

Belukha — the sacred peak of Altai, shining above the clouds. They call it the Heart of Siberia, the Axis of the World, the place where Earth and Sky meet. At an altitude of 4509 meters, breath turns into prayer, and every step feels like a touch of eternity. Belukha reflects the sun like a mirror of time: morning light in its snow sounds like music, and evening shadow — like silence. For centuries, pilgrims have come here seeking answers, artists — inspiration, and shamans — signs from the spirits of the mountains. This peak cannot be conquered — it can only accept.

Vol. 12 Mountain Altai VA concludes the Dub Techno Star Collection — the final ascent, where sound reaches its highest point. Nine tracks unfold like steps toward light, purification, and transcendence.

::: Marc Pastco (@marcpastco) — “Asignación Fluída”
The fluid state of light. “Asignación Fluída” is a stream of warmth and resonance, erasing the boundary between matter and vibration.

Mountain Altai VA: Belukha Mountain is the twelfth and final chapter of our Altai chronicle.
Belukha is not merely a mountain — it is the point where everything ends and begins anew. Here, sound becomes light, and dub techno becomes prayer. This part of the collection, created to celebrate the third anniversary of [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB], is dedicated to clarity, renewal, and inner elevation. Belukha Mountain is music born from silence — and silence resonating through sound. Twelve volumes, twelve sacred places, twelve sonic legends — one journey through the spiritual geography of Altai. This is the end of the path. And at the same time — its beginning.

Yours in sound and spirit,
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Mountain Altai VA: Belukha Mountain. Dub Techno Star Collection, Vol. 12
1. Substak - Echoes of Belukha @substak
2. Deepdrome - Sanshin (The Mountain Spirit) @deepdrome
3. Dom Dumoulin - Belukha's Call @domdumoulin
4. Gliesse - Mountain Peak @gliesse
5. Lotech/Hijack - Summit Ascent @lotech-hijack
6. Mike Bentley - Kucherla Flow @mikebentleyprog
7. Jonah van der Hout - Canopy Shadows @jonahvanderhout
8. Marc Pastco - Asignación Fluída @marcpastco
9. RE.vila - Misty Morning on Altai @re_vila
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Label: [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] – [PSD086VOLUME12]
Format: Digital
Country: Russia
Release date: 30.11.2025
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub Techno, Deep Techno, Techno, Dubtronica, Ambient


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