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Skrow049: Satisfacción Lab - Aido-Hwedo
Satisfacción Lab - Aido-Hwedo
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Triskaidekaphobics beware: this fine Friday the 13th brings us an epic journey of vintage soundscapes from Skrow! newcomer Jorge Marredo, aka Satisfacción Lab. Aido-Hwedo attempts to give loose sonic form to the mythical rainbow serpent of the same name, and displays a fine palette of aural influence, with obvious nods to early ambient, psychedelia and krautrock, with sprinklings of classic sci-fi sounds and tribal flourishes, as filtered through an amalgamation of analogue and digital manipulations. (Think Doctor Who and Can visit the beginnings of earth civilization.)
The result is a highly organic flowing trip that evokes a variety of sonic imagery throughout its engaging ~51 minute continuous duration. Strap yourself in and enjoy the ride.
Tracklisting:
1. Aido-Hwedo (50:54)
Skrow046: The Twin Commandments - Drift Music
The Twin Commandments - Drift Music
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Continuing in the spirit of vault releases, here we have Dan Lillie, aka The Sticky Situation, in a far different incarnation. Written and recorded some 8 or 9 years ago, these are mellow, pensive ambient pieces which exhibit a pervasive minimalist influence - Steve Reich’s phasing technique is experimented with quite a bit throughout, for example. This is, perhaps, particularly notable on “One Plus One Plus One,” which deconstructs a famous riff from a certain ubiquitous metal band.
In all, this release gives us 45 minutes of melancholic atmosphere perfect for a quiet afternoon, or evening, or whatever. Put some headphones on and drift away.
Tracklisting:
- The Opening Up Chord (3:17)
- One Plus One Plus One (4:29)
- C+Em+G+Bm (5:44)
- 3+4+5 (13:01)
- Beating Sines+Clouds+Birds+Piano (19:30)
Skrow045: Bukkake Earlobe - Black Is the New Golden
Bukkake Earlobe - Black Is the New Golden
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Today we present two pieces unearthed from the ‘Lobe vault, which is quickly becoming somewhat vast. Made almost five years ago before being shelved, lost, and found again, this pair of drones de/reconstruct early versions of then-unreleased Saffron Slumber works, taking his penchant for pleasantly pensive atmosphere and twisting it into something somewhat more sinister.
A bit of doom and gloom to brighten your day. Loom ominously with your tenth animal of the Chinese zodiac exposed. Something like that.
Tracklisting:
- Sleeping Deep in an Obsidian Sea (7:08)
- Striking the Anvil of Cumulonimbus (8:58)
Skrow044: Dongle Doc - Ça gratte
Dongle Doc - Ça gratte
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Skrow! dutifully and happily welcomes another newcomer to the fold, French improvisational guitar researcher Dongle Doc. Ça gratte is a 35 minute psychedelic journey into a uniquely organic atmospheric experimental cybermetropolis, in which lurks twisted jazz-blues alleycats, vaguely rock-scented ruffians, seedy semi-sapient drone-noise night clubs, and other sonic creatures too wonderfully terrible to describe.
Enjoy carefully in your favorite aural apparatus today for the low low price of nothing! Happy trails.
Tracklisting:
- Raphael track 1 (9:33)
- Impro Guitare (3:47)
- Impro Guitare 2 (3:27)
- Raphael track 2 (12:26)
- La cinquième rose (1:48)
- Peterpan (2:00)
- Reggae (2:54)
Skrow038: earthbreather - Forget the Sky
earthbreather - Forget the Sky
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With great pride do we present the debut of experimental, free-genre duo earthbreather. A collaboration between Saffron Slumber and Ellipse, this non-geographically proximal pairing came to be, as these things are, via the internet. In late 2008, Saffron Slumber began “remixing” by way of manipulation and de/reconstruction some brief guitar clips sent to him by Ellipse. The latter, as well, began to perform similar mutations upon pieces created by the former. As this process continued, the songs would evolve into something entirely new, and the process itself became progressively more collaborative. An unwritten manifesto took form between the two artists to ignore the perceived boundaries of genre conventions and to simply create.
On Forget the Sky, earthbreather experiment with various aural textures and explore atmospheres dark and light, concrete and ethereal, consonant and dissonant, all in flowing and relatively structurally free compositional forms. The result is an album that is both cohesive and varied throughout its approximate 50 minute duration.
Headphones are suggested and encouraged. Please join us.
Tracklisting:
- Talk in Blue (10:34)
- Fields of Desiccant (9:12)
- Ice Throne of Ullr (8:34)
- Pulling On Melting Glass (5:02)
- Black Fires Burn Gently (8:28)
- Craters (7:52)
Skrow032: Guitar Bastard - In the View of the Mind’s Eye
Guitar Bastard - In the View of the Mind's Eye
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Hypnotic buzz and swirling ghostly tones, a vortex of haunting sound for one to fall into. One extended guitar-based soundscape from the aptly named Skrow! newcomer, known in other circles as shawn phase of temp sound solutions, who had this to say about the work:
“27 minutes of prepared guitar by yours truly. steinbererish koa/graphite into behringer v-amp2, operating table, fan/duster recorded/postrecorded directly to sony tc-570 3 head reel to reel and digital hdd simultaneously. monitored and recorded in stereo using univox/lafayette 80 watt quadraphonic hifi stereo system and randall 150w amp ran to a 4×12″ speaker to simulate stereo effects.
thanks to sony, sanyo fans, the luthier that made my guitar, the skrow family for embracing my weirder side.”
Dark meditations for dark minds. Headphones required.
Tracklisting:
- In the View of the Mind’s Eye (27:00)
Skrow028: Ellipse - After the Sun
Ellipse - After the Sun
Ethereal sonorities in a shadowy berth, a meeting place for things both dark and light. Here are our dualities investigated, awash in colour and grey, claustrophobic in an infinite space: the locus of a soul.
Ellipse presents us with three pieces for electric guitar that are at times quietly introspective, and at others screaming at the heavens with fire and futility. Please adorn your ears and explore.
Tracklisting:
- Becoming Empyreal (18:22)
- The Immeasurable Breadth of Night (9:59)
- An Ocean Upon Us (23:17)
Skrow026: Ellipse / Saffron Slumber - Translucence
Ellipse / Saffron Slumber - Translucence
Awash in a ceaseless cloud of lost memories, reaching for light. We find ourselves in a sea of our own reckoning, clutching driftwood to our bared breasts, a subtle heat radiating from within that warms the cool mists around us. The atmosphere thickens, becomes as a gelatin which slows our existence and reflects us from within until, finally, we are encased in an unfrozen ice of our deepest fears and desires; static, yet internally vivified. We shatter into numberless shards, waltzing silently in scintillating bliss as we dissipate into the air. The cycle begins anew.
So it is that we present the first (and certainly not the last) split release from Skrow! fellows Ellipse and Saffron Slumber. It showcases arguably some of the greatest work of two fine artists of complimentary mentality and style while exploring a vast musical space of mystique and airy melancholia. Assume an appropriately fetal position and adorn your ears with a suitable binaural apparatus. Surround yourself in translucence, close your eyes and peer through.
Tracklisting:
- Ellipse - Drifting Endless Ethereal (11:33)
- Saffron Slumber - Viscosity (4:01)
- Saffron Slumber - Glass Variation (Silicon Dioxide) (5:46)
Skrow023: Saffron Slumber - Cascades
Saffron Slumber - Cascades
It is with great excitement on this cool December eventide that we present the long-awaited Skrow! followup from Salem, Oregon’s Saffron Slumber. Cascades is a gently tumbling avalanche of harmonic sound, resulting in four pieces with all the majesty, mystique, and enormity of the prodigious landforms which inspired them. Orography in aural form. Orogeny, even. Music to create mountains by.
Tracklisting:
- Cascade I (5:19)
- Cascade II (3:48)
- Cascade III (4:32)
- Cascade IV (7:27)
Skrow011
Ellipse - Abandoned
Continuing in quick succession the spirit of rendering the old as new, today finds us with Ellipse’s Abandoned. The title of the EP is a double entendre: each of the four pieces is part of a concept that revolves around the departure from Earth in favour of finding home on other heavenly bodies; at the same time, the title refers to the fact that this project was initiated two years ago and was intended to be considerably longer. These were, in fact, Ellipse’s first attempts at music of an ambient nature, and simply fell to the wayside as the artist progressed away from the new agey style you will find within.
So, in the spirit of rebirth, here it is. Don some headphones and turn your gaze heavenward.
Tracklisting:
- Exodus From a Blue Planet (6:29)
- The Destitution of Ashen Canyons (6:52)
- Sunrise Over the Umber Plains (7:05)
- Golden Cities in the Troposphere (6:08)
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