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mercredi 25 novembre 2009

Alial Straa - The Lumbering Intransitive Dream Of The Alial Straa (Alluvial Recordings, 1997 (2001 reissue))



1 Amness 9:42
2 Solace 24:40
3 Lastic Sted 13:47
4 Tenge/Orr 9:11

This release begins a series of releases for Alluvial in which we will be reissuing old cassette materials and other rarities. The packaging is simple, but attractive and available at a lower price. Each will be available for one year from its date of issue, which is indicated in each release. This particular project stems from the Orogenetic Collective of artists involved in many facets of sound, the physical arts, theory and installation. For this release, AS is Seth Nehil and John Grzinich. It is a more electronic work, rather than incorporating the usual field recording methods and manipulation of physical materials usually associated with them. At 57 minutes, it is a set of compositions which are primarily made up of long, shifting drones, very satisfying. Roughly 200 of these where printed.
Alluvial Recordings

The text/story/myth about what the Alial Straa is found on the card inside the jacket is great, I love it when releases have pointed, relevant literature that succeeds in directing my imagination as I listen to the work. Like some surreal Tolkien/Native American myth….Alial Straa is a collaborative venture of Seth Nehil and John Grzinich. You might remember Grzinich from a colab with Mnortham, Stomach of The sky to be exact. I love this stuff; organic, spooky, sheltered natural-ambient. Struck stones, wind, rustling leaves and groaning gritty ambient swells and waves. A recording that reads like a deep, dark river, currents changing, scenery changing, sounds steady and physical but subtly different in each channel and inlet. Put this right next to IAM Umbrella, Augur, maybe a Rapoon with no beats? Great stuff. In a basic brown sleeve with card inside.
Manifold Records

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lundi 17 août 2009

Alial Straa - Tunnels / Stairwell (Alluvial Recordings, 1996 (2001 reissue))



1 Tunnels (14:18)
2 Tunnels (15:10)
3 Stairwell (16:07)
4 Stairwell (13:50)

Some great work is being done in the vast silence of this under-distributed, experimental frontier, particularly on cdr. Its like the taper underground of the 80's that involved Illusion Of Safety, Tietchens, Greif, Jeph Jerman and countless others is starting silently again but with new artists and perspectives. Seth Nehil and John Grzinich work with Mnortham on this one, a grey, naturalist work in two sections. Struck stones, rubbed sticks, pale, ragged instrumentation as minimal ornaments in the background. We go from lair to city, cave to tunnel, sky to stairwell in sound. All progression and change, but staying within a composed Jeph Jerman/His Masters Voice sound, natural and barely affected. Like being hypnotized by the wise ghosts of ancient animals, moving with them in spirit through the structures of humankind, feeling the smooth stone and concrete of sidewalls, nature badly transformed into temporary spaces. A hard one to describe, but one that promisesmany plays before its secrets even begin to be revealed.
Manifold Records

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