the soul eater, by B°TONG

the soul eater

by B°TONG

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neur0dancer 24bit lovelyness with three extra jpegs. Intense FLOWING experimentaldronebientscapes on a very HIGH level. 2011 release Favorite track: you float.

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	1.	probe 04:52
	2.	orgonon 03:31
	3.	eclipsed 05:37
	4.	inertia 07:40
	5.	firm and level 05:08
	6.	cavity 03:30
	7.	you float 08:52
	8.	sphere I 10:36

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conceived & produced by Chris Sigdell
mastered by Kris Klubo
cover by Chris Sigdell
B°TONG by Barbara Trommeter

btongmusic.wix.com/btong
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former available as CD-R / SOLD OUT !

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released January 20, 2014

“The Soul Eater” was originally released on Montreal-based label Gears of Sand in 2011 in a now out-of-print limited edition of 100 copies. After two original releases by Swiss dark-ambient meister B°tong, Attenuation Circuit is pleased to make this highly atmospheric, delicately composed album available again as it is certainly “textbook material” (Frans de Waard) of high to create spine-chillingly dark moods without any self-indulgent wallowing in predictable delay effects.

In “Vital Weekly” # 776, Frans de Waard described “The Soul Eater” as “firmly fixed in the field of very dark ambient music, of what was once called Isolationism. Sounds get locked into some circuit and stay there to live a life of their own. A cavernous sound of metallic rumble, spooky voices, animal cries and transmissions intercepted. I think I made the reference to Lustmord before and it still applies to this new release. Utter dark, highly atmospheric and simply very good music. It has a certain menace about it, like waiting for some mass destruction that, thank god, never arrives. Intense music, that doesn't come with a warning: don't play this in the dark on your own.”

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Bad Alchemy #75

The Soul Eater (ACR 1020, CD-R) von B°TONG ist die handfeste Version einer Audiodateien-Publikation auf NOECHO Records 2011. Chris Sigdell zeigt sich dabei als verlässlicher Lieferant von Brainfood mit schnarrenden Darkwaves, die von ominös peitschenden und atmenden Lauten durchsetzt sind. Geschickt überlässt er es der Phantasie, sich einzubilden, was sich da abspielen könnte. Alle acht traumhaft mäandernden Szenen sind alien und leicht unheimlich. 'Eclipsed' beginnt mit einem Blitzschlag, aber etwas Naturhaftes ist hier ebenso auf Spurenelemente reduziert wie der menschliche Faktor, den ich in verzerrten Klängen spüre, bei denen ich Stimmen als Quelle vermute. Eigentlich sind da nichts als Drones und Beats, Clicks + Cuts. Aber immer andeutungsvoll 'sprechend', mit thrillendem Effekt. 'Inertia' öffnet sich als Landschaft, mit Tauben und Krähen, Wasser, Wind und Insekten. Aber deren Surren mischt sich mit einem hintergründigen Chor, mit Gewisper und unruhigen Wallungen, die alles Idyllische durchkreuzen. 'Firm And Level' wird durch eine murmelnde Stimme und Mönchsgesang akzentuiert, türmt sich dabei aber wie stürmische Meeresbrandung. I stopped before that part of the rock where the noise was loudest; the surface was firm and level; but from time to time, blows and falling stones seemed to strike our ears, heißt es in The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island. Wind, heftige Schläge und gnomisches Gequieke hallen durch eine Höhle. Orgelklänge, dunkles Flöten und kaskadierende Wellen driften durch 'You Float'. B°tongs Suggestivität ähnelt der von Lustmord und Rapoon. Bei 'Sphere 1' erklingt Geisterbahngelächter, aber die Einbildung wird gequirlt bis zuletzt und wer durchhält, wird noch mal so richtig ausgelacht. Ha Ha.

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