![]() ![]() There are allegedly instruments like wooden flutes, drums, and lutes buried somewhere under the gooey vocals and layers of banal new age electronica. Although the opening chimes are promising, what follows could dispatch a diabetic at 50 paces. ![]() The front cover art and back blurb would lead the consumer to expect religious devotions straight out of a monastery - droning voices accompanied by resonant bells and flanked by spaces of living silence. Wandering deeper into the shadows, this tune’s rising sense of danger holds you captive at every twist and turn.Traditionalists should avoid this CD at all costs. ![]() Wiedemann’s murky bass and RY’s earthy vocals crawl out from their hollow to meet the weighty synths head on. Continuing to hypnotise, Stole The Night darkens the mood even more. Buried below the undergrowth, this stripped back tune naturally flows until it surfaces and takes hold. Recording the track in a studio overlooking a centuries old castle and tree, the tune’s kick drum apparently seemed like the perfect accompaniment to the haunting piano. Opening track Signs moved them from Topanga to the fields of central England. Recording in such a richly raw space using worn gear, Tibetan singing bowls, rooftop rain and just one microphone, this introspective album’s tribal heartbeat awakens when the sun goes down. Mainly recorded in RY’s Topanga abode, they set up an ancient ceremony space as their studio and drew inspiration from their wild mountain surrounds. Prowling through electronic and folk soundscapes, their newly released debut album Sacred Ground entrances all in its path. This one is for the night creatures.Įmerging from the shadows nearly three years ago, the pair took on the moniker of their lead tune and released a raft of new night sounds. A one off collab, on Sacred Ground Howling tap into the ethereal forces of the world to create a brooding yet lush album. ![]()
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