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SOL 207CD
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$17.00
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 5/1/2026
"In 2023, Nigel Ayers, PBK, and Allan Zane collaborated on the striking CD This Home Stands on Ancient Bones, a work described as a 'requiem for humanity' -- meditative, emotionally charged, and deeply introspective. Cartology of Shadows now emerges as the next chapter in this evolving project. For this phase, the collective widens its perceptual field with the addition of a fourth voice: Kirk Wilson, a long-time friend and collaborator of Allan Zane. Experienced from a vantage point deep within the void, Cartology of Shadows unfolds as a fractal descent into the most distorted and bleak regions of human experience. Anchored by the spoken-word prose of Nigel Ayers, the release is steeped in existential dread and inward-turned scrutiny, drawing the listener into an intense metaphysical passage through Jungian archetypes, surreal imagery, and beyond. Nigel Ayers, to many, needs no introduction. Ayers is the founding member of The Pump and Nocturnal Emissions. Emerging from the U.S. cassette underground of the 1980s, Phillip B. Klingler, aka PBK, has forged a singular body of work across multiple formats, releasing many albums internationally, and defining a strain of sound rooted in electroacoustic practice, industrial music, and free improvisation. His instinctive turntable/synthesizer-driven compositions conjure dense but atmospheric sound worlds of unknown origin, which PBK has referred to as 'noise-ambient audio.' Kirk Wilson is an artist in his own right. In addition to being a formally trained art student and photographer, Wilson's work also extends into sound design and music. Allan Zane is best known for his 'Dark Ambient' work as WYRM. In recent years, Zane has primarily focused his attention to his long-standing project, Le Scrambled Debutante. Accurately referred to by Richard Rupenus as an 'absurdity blender,' Le Scrambled Debutante bends audio data (as well as listener's minds) into compositions of haute-buffoonery paralleled by none. In much the same way as This Home Stands On Ancient Bones was originally conceived, PBK was the impetus for Cartology Of Shadows as well. Seeking to return to the organic, intuitive camaraderie that defined the earlier collaboration, PBK approached Allan Zane with the idea of extending the previous work. Always eager to engage in new creative exchanges, Zane in turn invited the other contributors to participate in the project. With all parties aligned, Cartology of Shadows quickly took on a life of its own. Limited edition of 100 copies."
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