new albums by THE SAND RAYS and CYCLOTIMIA

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THE SAND RAYS "Remembered Vol. 2 (more EPs in coalescence)" CD / DL

The Canadian musician Jim DeJong (ex-The Infant Cycle) continues to splinter and perplex his discography, releasing mini-works under different monikers: The Sand Rays, San Andreas, Sand Ra, etc. And we are making already the second attempt to collect these sprawling entities under a single cover after the CD "Remembered Vol. 1 (EPs gathered together)" in 2017.

This time Jim doesn't reveal the list of tools that he used, but we know his passion for recycled sounds of shortwave radio, household appliances and malfunctioning electronics. His music is like ghostly monochrome corridors and sound tunnels which often end with sudden turns and dead ends. It is like endless fields of inner calm, woven from reverberations and atonal textures, giving way to mysterious several second-long cuts in which seemingly almost nothing happens. It is like a quiet psychedelic introversion, a contemplation of bitcrushed emptiness, a parallel existence in intangible layers of space.

The glass-mastered CD edition is limited to 107 copies and comes in a 4-panel matte digisleeve. The digital version is available on bandcamp.

https://zhelezobeton.bandcamp.com/album/remembered-vol-2-more-eps-in-coalescence

 

CYCLOTIMIA "Regnum" CD / CS / DL

More than five years of silence could suggest that the album "The Invisible Hand of Market" released in 2014 was the last sign of life of this Russian project. However, the musicians of the Cyclotimia duo, who consistently create soundtracks for a society of global capital dominance in their works, still have something to say, as it turns out.

The album "Regnum" consists of six tracks (the CD version additionally contains a long-playing bonus track) and lasts for about half an hour. The compositions have a distinctive vibe of "the blessed 80ies" typical for the synthwave genre that has been in fashion in recent years, yet they distinctively go beyond the borders of this predominantly stereotyped style towards rhythmic post-industrial.

"Regnum" comes out in turbulent times. Perhaps it's no coincidence that the cover shows a man walking on a deserted night street into the unknown? And although the musical atmosphere doesn't inspire anything optimistic in the end, the opening track with the characteristic name "Battlefield" is apparently intended to set the listener in a combat mood in relation to the future.

The album is released in collaboration with Monopoly Records and Shadowplay Records. The physical edition is presented in two versions: a CD limited to 300 copies in a matte 4-panel digisleeve and an audio cassette limited to 60 copies. The digital version is available on bandcamp.

http://zhelezobeton.bandcamp.com/album/regnum