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Record of the Week: Mythologen – Church Music
Mythologen, aka Alexander Palmestal follows last year's debut album 'Mythologen' with the 12'' EP 'Church Music'. This EP is a love declaration to Londons club scenes and some of the titles are named after parts of districts in south east London. The tracks on this record are free and loose in its melodies and you hear that Palmestal has worked on pure intuition in the song making process, inspired by the surrounding smells, sounds and people. As explosively impressing as the album was, is also 'Church Music' and the airy, uplifting sound that has become part...
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Record of the Week: Blakk Harbor – Madares
Debut double LP album from Blakk Harbor the Greek Berlin based artist and sound designer behind Native Instruments, Angelos Liaros. Soaring drones, dark ambiences and expertly crafted sound design. 'Madares' title derives from the actual dune mountains of Crete. This moonlike landscape a sacred land of ancient ceremonies and the main inspiration for the album concept, cover and artwork. Percussive samples and drones are created from traditional custom Cretan instruments (lute, skin drums, lyra, tsabouna) & world instruments (Tibetan bowls, gongs, dungchen horns) granulized to death drones through modular synths and hardware samplers. A black...
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