1 Cygal (6:51)
2 Kalaa (10:53)
3 Lyel (6:36)
4 Isal I (3:08)
5 Isal II (5:56)
6 Aelia I (4:42)
7 Aelia II (5:29)
8 Aelia III (8:08)
"the giant shimmering blades against the ancient landscape seemed more like a tribute. it would be a few hours before we reached the island sand. typically a colin archer will float in the water like a nut, but this one – she said – was a rare species.
we loved those early hours, before the day drove the mystery away. people that venture out early share a secret unspoken bond, and a question.
it was a spur of the moment thing. she reached eureka late in the afternoon and settled at that victorian by the harbor. it channeled the spirit of the old winston. a train was stranded in the middle of the rusty industrial, sentenced without trial. gazing north it all seemed so impenetrable, like some final outpost."
- Stig Berg, February 2007
Already a long time ago, Norwegian/US man Stig Berg released under the R|A|A|N moniker "The Nacrasti" on Malignant Antibody, an influential dark ambient work of epic proportion inspired by desert views...
Now, after years of patient maturation & experimentation in subdued mode, he comes to the surface again with an even more poignant & less categorizable sound which will undoubtedly arouse interest among a new type of audience...
For this sloughing, Stig has adequately opted to work under another name : moth electret...
After years of crossed correspondence with my humble self, moth electret has given birth to "lil" which has been based around impressions & field recordings made in sea/fish industry areas, mainly gathered from a trip to Eureka on the northern californian coast, but also from Barcelona harbor & the island of Sandøy, as well as some specific related digigraphic vignettes created by me as impulse elements...
"lil" is a Mayan word for vibration... the one you can feel passing through the whole piece, and which brings it to life...
"lil" is like running on an imaginary river
swollen & stripped with copper & rusty tones,
bracing scraps & scoria
in a mysterious underflow...
scintillations & gleams eddy
in an imperturbable metallic ringing choreography
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"lil" makes you listen
to an emerging dense inner song
along which we drift effortlessly,
trying to catch some primal dormant energy
relocating us to an higher & more sensitive plane...
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"lil" has enough evocative power
to drag you along its torrent
till you osmotically become it...
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