Deaf Center Owl Splinters LP 2011 Sealed drone ambient orange vinyl
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Deaf Center Owl Splinters LP 2011 Sealed drone ambient orange vinyl
Original UK pressing on Type, on orange vinyl
Notes: This repress followed an initial pressing of 600 copies on black vinyl and 100 copies on clear vinyl.
This version doesn't include the bonus CD by Svarte Greiner.
Recorded at Durton Studio, Berlin, in the period May 28th - June 3rd 2010.
Track A4 has a locked groove at the end.
It's been a while since Norwiegen artists Erik Skodvin and Otto Totland’s Deaf Center incarnation has released anything, perhaps explaining the excitement around this new album, and why the limited edition vinyl press is nearly sold out. Saying that, the hype is well placed. Both the 'Neon City' EP (2004) and full length 'Pale Revine' (2005), released on Type Records are without a doubt seminal pieces. Seperately we know Skodwin as Svarte Greiner with releases on Type, Digitalis and Experimedia - and of course, under his own name - 'Flare' last year on Sonic Pieces receiving all round acclaim. Otto Totland, also, has had equally important releases as one half of Nest (on Serein) and as part of the Miasmah Quartet.
'Owl Splinters' moves away from these previous works, in that rather than blending both modern classical and electronic tempraments so closely, it steps purposefully towards modern classical end of the spectrum, letting go of synth and keyboard inputs. The use of classical instrumentation is more overt, with violins, cellos and piano all central to the music albeit on seperate tracks. If 'Pale Revine' had an elemental construction of metal, ore and man-made materials, 'Owl Splinters' has one of natural elements; wood, air and fire.
The build of first track 'Divided' is stunning, with the deep notes of the cello reverberating, a chamber choir adding a mysterious back drop and conjuring black clouds across an already dark sky. This and other tracks throughout the album nod to Richard Skeltons' 'Landings' in instrumentation and earthy timbre of the strings particularly. One could also draw comparisons to Goldmund, with the lightly touched piano on 'Time Spent' recorded as if the microphone is positioned next to the hammers on the strings. The first of two short piano-only tracks on the album that change the overall pace, and provide a breathing space between the denser pieces.
New Beginnings (Tidal Darkness) and The Day I Would Never Have form a centrepiece to the album, carrying us further into the darkness; field recordings of water lapping, foreboding drones, black with dread, counterpointed by piano. Whilst 'Animal Sacrifice' displays amazing musicianship, essentially a solo cello piece - it’s hard not to be aware of the ritualistic title, and that this might tie into the preceeding tracks sense of impending doom.
A1 Divided
A2 Time Spent
A3 New Beginning (Tidal Darkness)
A4 The Day I Would Never Have
B1 Animal Sacrifice
B2 Fiction Dawn
B3 Close Forever Watching
B4 Hunted Twice
CONDITION: SEALED
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