VA - SKY DIARY EDITS

VA - SKY DIARY EDITS
(Zymogen, 12rec., 2007)

"Everything started when Sky Diaries, the original EP by young fellow Fred Baty a.k.a. Crepusculum, was released at 12rec. in December 2006. It was a five song EP comprised solely of incredible acoustic music, composed with a guitar and some decent electronic enhancements. His music left me completely stunned and I immediately thought that the pureness of Fred's guitar-play would be a fantastic inspiration in the hands of electronic musicians.

From both Zymogen and 12rec., several names came up. We were lucky enough to receive enthusiastic responses from both sides as well as from artists of other great labels such as EKO, Rain Music, Autoplate, Standard Klik Music and Nexsound. In the end there were so many great tracks that we decided to assemble two different playlists; one for the digital EP, downloadable for free on Zymogen, and one for the amazing handmade CDr-LP available at the 12rec. webshop, both with exclusive remixes and artwork.

Many artists took part in the project, adding their personal touch to every single Crepusculum track. These include Tupolev bassist and sound-artist Alexandr Vatagin, Darren McClure, Engine7, Emil Klotzsch & Raimund Sudermann, Bluermutt, Letna, Alexandre Navarro, Ibakusha, The Love Songs, Heezen, Koutaro Fukui, GoGooo and the Netaudio legend Marsen Jules who contributed different remixes for both the album and the EP.

What is particularly incredible about Sky Diary Edits is how the different interpretations of the same source fit together. Every musician deconstructed Fred's guitar as if to get closer to the original melancholia of his melodies. This is particularly evident in pieces by Darren McClure, Klotzsch & Sudermann, Letna and GoGooo. Certain musicians chose to completely turn the tracks inside out in order to give a new feel such as Heezen and Bluermutt. The album serves as a vital constituent of the whole as it completes the EP with some of the best remixes of the entire project, namely by Klotzsch & Sudermann, Koutaro Fukui, The Love Songs and GoGooo… absolutely unmissable!". Filippo Aldovini.

VA - Sky Diary Edits

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CREPUSCULUM - SKY DIARIES

CREPUSCULUM - SKY DIARIES EP
(12rec, 2006)

"The young lad behind the Crepusculum-moniker is Fred Baty from London. 'Crepusculum' is latin for sundown and suits the music of our december-release perfectly: the day is done, you're creeping home to take a rest, to chat with the ones you love, to do what life REALLY is about. This ambience of being-at-home is a also a fairly good Christmas-motive, so maybe the best time to enjoy Fred's 'Sky Diaries EP' is now...

What does it sound like? If you're down with the 12rec.-backcatalogue, you'll probably remember the 'Dusty Window EP' by Californian Giraffe. Like him, Fred uses his acoustic guitar for most of his compositions. Folk is an important influence, and the boy Baty surely enjoys the last 40 years' classical pop-bands. But in distinction to Giraffe, Fred doesn't intend to write 'songs' like them. His instrumental Pop-music avoids vocals, is built from clever structures, unusual harmonic layering and a talent to let songs end. No psychedelic Freak Folk-jams in here! The late Talk Talk might be a good comparison, you can mention Brian Wilson, Sufjan Stevens or German Postfolk-duo Taunus. In all, you will enjoy his music even if it is of no importance to you that Fred's influences are more like Jazz, contemporary composing or Folklore - beauty is something everyone understands.

Big shout-outs to Bill 'Herzog' Bawden from the Serein-collective who contributed the remix!". 12rec.

Crepusculum - Sky Diaries Ep
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BOSSK y HUMANFLY (Reino Unido) en ESPAÑA

El reciente y flamante nuevo fichaje de Throne Records, Bossk, estará desplegando su denso y extenso metal pesado a finales de verano en Madrid. Actuarán acompañados por sus compatriotas Humanfly, de vertiente más rockera.
Inmersos en el underground británico, Bossk ha crecido mucho en muy poco tiempo. Hace un año sacaron su primera y única referencia hasta la fecha, un EP con dos temas que unidos completaban sus 35 primeros minutos sobre CD. Han sido los teloneros de Cult Of Luna en su gira inglesa y han tocado junto a formaciones como The Ocean, Baroness, Capricorns, Torche, A Day In Black and White o Yndi Halda.
Lo suyo es música desarrollada sobre una base metálica y atmosférica, un sonido principalmente instrumental que juega entre la evasión y delicadeza post rock y la contundencia sonora de los riffs más metaleros.
Junto a Bossk llegan desde el otro lado del Canal de La Mancha Humanfly, una banda con menos repercusión por el momento pero con el mismo atractivo que los ingleses. Su estilo guarda similitudes con sus compañeros de furgoneta, pero sin duda representan una versión mas concisa. Acaban de sacar al mercado su segundo trabajo y las influencias de Isis, Black Sabbath o Pink Floyd son notables.

La fecha y el lugar del concierto de Bossk y Humanfly en Madrid es:

JUEVES 20 SEPTIEMBRE (21.30 horas)
Sala SIROCO (C/ San Dimas, 3)
BOSSK (UK, Throne) + HUMANFLY (UK, Totally Prog)

ALOG (Tromsø, Noruega) EN MADRID

Los noruegos Espen Sommer Eide y Dag-Are Haugan, juntos desde 1997, son uno de los estandartes de la experimentación electrónica internacional. Después de "Miniatures" (que se hizo con el Grammy noruego al mejor disco de electrónica en el 2005), han publicado en abril el álbum "Amateur", también en el influyente sello Rune Grammofon (vinculados a ellos desde su álbum de debut "Red Shift Swing" en 1999). Trabajando con varios instrumentos acústicos, y en colaboración con otros músicos, se han dedicado a viajar por la costa noruega, grabando en diferentes espacios (escuelas de música y escuelas de música infantiles) para tratar de capturar el sonido único de cada instrumento encontrado y empleado. Después, esas grabaciones han sido tratadas electrónicamente para dotarlas del carácter que impregna "Amateur", con software creado por Alog.
Sigbjørn Apeland se unirá al directo de Alog en una muy especial sesión 'all-star', para la que emplearán un arsenal de instrumentos diversos y aparatos caseros.

Más información aquí y aquí.


Corriente Continua - Música de Vanguardia

ALOG
presentando "Amateur"
viernes 14 y sábado 15 de septiembre
20:00 h.

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Ampliación - Auditorio 400
Acceso por Ronda de Atocha s/n
Madrid.

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STEPHEN O'MALLEY & Z'EV - MAGISTRAL

STEPHEN O'MALLEY & Z'EV - MAGISTRAL
(Southern Lord, 2007)

"A disc’s worth of Stefan “Z’ev” Weisser’s composings / processings of Stephen O’Malley’s solo guitar drone / kill; a wooly wash of percussive interjections (some of it coming close to Daniel Menche’s recent work) and full-frequency spectral pile-up. Quite nice, actually. Packaged in a special 5" mini-gatefold cardboard jacket (like Sunn / Boris “Altar”, Grave Temple, etc). Mixed by Randall Dunn (Earth, Sunn O))))".

Stephen O'Malley & Z'ev - Magistral

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