Nine years in the planning and recording! English Folk authority Andrew King’s magnum opus and first true solo album since "The Amfortas Wound". A dark and complex selection of traditional, medieval and own compositions. Tracks include the 13th Century Ballad 'Judas', for which a new edition was prepared from the only known manuscript, the murder ballads 'Edward' & 'Sir Hugh', Oswald von Wolkenstein’s May song 'Fröleichen So Well Wir' and 'Sic Mea Fata Canendo Solor' from the Carmina Burana. Features John Murphy (KnifeLadder, Death In June), Hunter Barr (Knifeladder) and the Choir of Saint Stephen’s Church. Digipak with 24 page booklet.
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ANLA COURTIS / EDWARD SOL - 'Sunburst Lux' 7" (Quasi Pop)
Both compositions on this record relate to (more or less) "tape music". The piece from Argentinian experimental master Anla Courtis (aka Alan Courtis) is solely based on manipulated sounds of geysers, recorded in South America. Ukrainian Edward Sol works with weird cassette loops, lo-fi oscillations and some primitive tones from his vintage USSR-made analogue synth Polyvox. Generally speaking, the sound of this record belongs to the monolith dark drone music. Ltd x 300 copies.
UK 7£
Europe 8£
World 9£
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CISFINITUM / THE [LAW-RAH] COLLECTIVE - '[ANS]werk' CD (Fario)
Dark Ambient masters Cisfinitum and The [Law-Rah] Collective dedicated this split and common work to one of the very first synthesizers in the world, the ANS. The ANS, created by Russian engineer E. Murzin, is an incredible response to the synesthesia theories (the letters ANS stand for Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin who linked tones to colours). The ANS (only one copy exists and is kept in Moscow) generates special frequencies from drawings and can also create a visible image of a sound frequency. Artists such as Coil, Edward Artemiev (for Tarkovsky's "Solaris" soundtrack) and Alfred Schnittke used the ANS in their compositions. For this album, The [Law-Rah] Collective and Cisfinitum based their music on original sounds from the ANS as well as additional recordings of various analog synths, fractal and granular synthesis, voice, violin, field recordings. They give birth to an intense cold and grey music upon which fly ghosts of melodies, archaic or yet to come. A5 sleeve.
