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At the time of this release, Kevin Verwijmeren is a 23-year old science student, living in Delft, Holland. Since 2013, he has used musical patterns and melodies to create contemplative landscapes of sound. Inspired by the sound and emotion of Loscil, Tim Hecker, and Pan American, Verwijmeren constructs a musical cocoon in which to imagine a vision of a different world. Through his dark but beautiful soundscapes, he tries to break daily routine and accept the dark side of life. Those Glorious Heights was mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung Mastering and features artwork by Jan van der Kleijn.
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Limited edition green marbled vinyl version.
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Stray Dogs' Wasteland is the fourth release for the Ghent-based partnership between Icarus Records and Ghent-based record store Vynilla Vinyl. Wasteland is the label's fourth release, following Echo Beatty's highly-acclaimed debut album Tidal Motions, the Record Store Day 2013 single Dirty Beaches-Ravel Ravel, and Ecila's full album The Sofa Managements. Stray Dogs aka Koenraad Ecker (cello, guitar, electronics) and Frederik Meulyzer (percussion, electronics) have been on an exciting musical journey ever since their debut album Intangible States. Balancing between electronica, dub, and experimental music, they've constructed their own sound universe where attention to detail and texture is combined with a physical intensity that you not only need to hear but feel as well. Stray Dogs take you along on a menacing, post-apocalyptic trip through a disintegrating no-man's land. Wasteland was recorded in a church in Antwerp (Belgium), making it more stripped-down, industrial and ritualistic than Intangible States. The acoustics of this space were exploited to a maximum, after which all elements were merged in the recording studio. Percussion, cello, guitars and analog hardware lead to a sonic result situated at the crossroads of ritual drums, dubby, reverberating echoes and disintegrating orchestras. Wasteland is released on a limited edition of 250 vinyl copies.
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Originating from Belarus, Ecila (Sveta Shljachova) has been residing for many years in Belgium. Involved for the last 15 year in different musical projects with life-long partner Nikita Chudjakov, they founded the breakcore-oriented STREFF and Elements Of Sci-Fi, amongst others. 2012 saw the release of Stories, under her alias Alice In Kosmoland. Ecila now presents her debut album The Sofa Managements. The album includes crackling electronica as a vast ambient atmosphere. Ecila took an angelic quote by Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides to summarize the album's inspiration: "...This leads Aristotle in turn to the demonstrated fact that God, glory and majesty to Him, does not do things by direct contact. God burns things by means of fire; fire is moved by the motion of the sphere; the sphere is moved by means of a disembodied intellect, these intellects being the 'angels which are near to Him,' through whose mediation the spheres [planets] move... thus totally disembodied minds exist which emanate from God and are the intermediaries between God and all the bodies [objects] here in this world." --Guide for the Perplexed II:4. The Sofa Managements is produced by Sveta Shlachova (Ecila) and mastered by Nikita Chudjakov. It is released in a limited numbered edition of 200 copies and pressed on clear vinyl. Includes a download code.
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