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While our fourth split release isn't quite tied to a "theme", it does share an intentionally atmospheric state of mind: We contacted three Transatlantic individuals who we knew to be particularly skilled at the creation of musical-electrical inscapes, and asked them to bring us something "hypnotic" (however they interpreted that) from their respective audio laboratories. Spiritual Machine is the mesmerizing result, an hour-long interlaced energy meditation that takes their distinct creations - France's Enfer Boréal offers up a densely vibrational 3-part suite that confirms his status atop of the Euro avant-drone pile; the.bricoleur, a UK-based sound sculptor who has worked with the likes of Current 93, contributes the spectral concréte of the title track; and PA's own Tuscarora Borealis, also a member of the Evening Fires family, beams in a brace of looping nature drones that channel classic kosmische impulses - and weaves them into a larger sonic hologram that encompasses whatever you might find there and more. Best heard quite loud from a position of comfortable stasis. |
Spiritual Machine Reviewed on Terrascope Online
Spiritual Machine present a disk of three parts; Enfer Boreal, the.bricoleur and Tuscarora Borealis. 'Box Of Black Flowers' by Enfer Boreal is an intense sonic tapestry of dense tones, thrumming string sounds and deeply reverberated noises. Split into three parts, it takes the listener into a unique and absorbing head space: particularly good, this work, which essentially consists of a huge, lingering chord - the splitting into three sections helps the listener. 'Moss Garden Guest' and 'See It Oh' by Tuscarora Borealis consist of echoed, chiming chords backed with subtle shifts in tone, percussion, sometimes with an ethnic feel - relaxing, elusive and gorgeous. 'Spiritual Machine' by the.bricoleur is occasionally glitchy, more often dense and reverberant; twenty minutes of pure atmosphere. This is one of the best ambient albums I've heard for some time.
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