New Altar of Flies tape out now!

Started by sprachlos, August 09, 2011, 04:32:19 PM

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OUT NOW: ALTAR OF FLIES
»LET NEW LIFE RISE IN THE FACE OF DEATH«
CASSETTE: 42 MINUTES


www.sprachlosverlag.com

The fourth tape release on Sprachlos Verlag not only introduces a new piece of work by the unrivaled Swedish master of ghoulish analogue electronics, but also presents the first part in a Sprachlos sub series investigating the shadowy aesthetics of the grave and the night. Beneath the rugged elms and the yew-tree's shade in a desolate Mjölby churchyard, Mattias Gustafsson salutes the lost souls of Svartån, taking you on a chilling night ride to the sound of a beat up tape echo...

Fans of the two recent seven inches on Mattias' own Hästen & Korset label ought to take note as Let New Life Rise delves further in the same direction but benefits from the longer playing time in developing the sound and the compositional structure. Although the trademark oscillator, synth and feedback work of Altar of Flies still echoes in the tracks, the tape references classic avantgarde composition as much as it embraces the seedy grit of industrial and noise music. Taking Mattias' tape loop work to new heights it presents a haunting blend of environmental and found sounds that seriously throws out a challenge to the established canon of Swedish concrète. Let new Life Rise is as far away from a »basement jam« you'll come while still listening to music recorded in a basement!

Mentality-wise, file this next to your death wishing-loner folk-country tape collection, your Graham Lambkin and IFCO records, or alternatively sandwich it between your Vladimir Ussachevsky radio bootlegs. Add two shovels of (un-) holy soil and you're home.

First edition of 100 copies, full color offset printed covers.

Sample (Side A): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11630884/Web/MP3/aof_a.mp3
Sample (Side B): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11630884/Web/MP3/aof_b.mp3


HOW TO ORDER

– Paypal $9 (ppd. world) to: peter (dot) henning /at/ telia (dot) com, or use the shopping cart at the website (http://www.sprachlosverlag.com). OR: get your fix at www.releasethebats.com ** Tapes are dispatched asap via Swedish post/airmail.

– Email to the same address for other payment options, distro or trade offers. Trades are encouraged, but I reserve the right to be picky!

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A fairly low number of copies remaining, but also, or soon, available from a variety of distros as well:

Abgurd (RU), Freak Animal (FI), Obscurex (FI), Posh Isolation (DK)Release the Bats (SWE) and Self Abuse (US), Untergeschoss (FI).