super minerals - multitudes [2009]

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tracklist:
01 Graves
02 Pupae
03 Heatless
04 The View
05 Absorbed in the Bright Land
06 Horned Territory
07 Multitudes
08 Coda

Psychotropic, simmering drones from Magic Lantern duo Phil French and William Giachhi, who bathe their sustained excursions in suggestively spiritual undertones, combining piercing, meditational bells with far-out effects-spun soundscapes in the vein of Popol Vuh on ‘Pupae’, The band’s mixess are so soaked in processing it’s often hard to work out where the sounds are sourced from, and opener ‘Graves’ is especially guilty of that, obfuscating its origins via a blanket of pitchshift. When the music does allow itself to open up, the results are bewitching: ‘Horned Territory’ stands out, bringing a clash of guitar strings, all caught up in a blur of swampy, raga-influenced improvisation and disorientating delays.
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