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wh225 Mystified & Saluki Regicide – Razor Pluvia

C.P. McDill — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:03:13 +0000

An early collaboration of Mystified and Saluki Regicide has been remixed into a long-form ambient soundscape.

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About the album:
Mystified and Saluki Regicide began a series of collaborations in 2004 which continue to this day. Razor Pilgrimage was the second such work, close on the heels of Ancestral Technologies.

Mystified recently revisited Razor Pilgrimage and decided to challenge C.P. McDill (Saluki Regicide) to give the work a makeover, remixing it in any way he saw fit to. The resulting approach was to examine the earlier compositional techniques of the Rain series, and approach it as an album composed in that spirit. While this album has more rhythmic energy that the typical Rain, the title nonetheless alludes to that venerable staple of the Webbed Hand catalog.

Credits:
Mystified and Saluki Regicide: source recording [wh018 Razor Pilgrimage] (2004)
C.P. McDill: remixing, production, cover design (2012)

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Track List:
01 Razor Pluvia [01:02:08]

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wh224 Sir-Boy – Guided Sleep Symphony no.1

C.P. McDill — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:30:13 +0000

Sir-Boy introduces the first in a new series of meditative works intended as an aid to relaxation and sleep.

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About the album:
“The principle behind sleepshaping music is that it should have the ability to aid the listener in moving from conscious to unconscious mind. Once the user makes his or her way to a peaceful state of relaxation, the music should take over as a mental guide. Guided Sleep Symphony no. 1 is aimed at helping the listener relax and giving them permission to essentially become tired. Like a majority of the chapters in the Guided Sleep Symphony series, the main goal is to promote restful, peaceful sleep or at the very least a calm, meditative environment. The sounds are smooth and flowing. Exploration, tranquility, discovery and safety are among the themes listeners will notice. This installment contains no abrupt changes that would induce disturbances in consciousness. The Guided Sleep Symphony series is a free offering from the mind of Sam Hodge – penned as Sir-Boy (formerly spoonPhase).“

An ongoing series recorded and produced by Sam Hodge, 2012

Tracklist:
01 Introduction to Calm [07:15]
02 Go to Peace [06:59]
03 Drifting Reflection [21:56]
04 Inward I Descend [10:37]
05 Suspension [07:07]

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wh223 Van Aken Project – Leitmotif EP

C.P. McDill — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:49:05 +0000

Van Aken Project blends introspective rhythms and samples into darkly smooth downtempo grooves.

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About the album:
“With Van Aken I try to look into the depths of the soul of man,
and every soul of man is a leitmotif…
deep and dark in every kind, but with a ray of light every moment,
so leitmotif is a gift, an inner gift of everyone,
- grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference-” — the artist

Tracklist:
01 Membran 21.g [05:30]
02 Insekt [05:59]
03 Loesin (Nektar 1) [08:33]
04 Crawl [04:55]

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wh222 Ash shA – State of Cosmic Factories

C.P. McDill — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:33:56 +0000

Ash shA, a synth musician from Russia, returns with a work completed in memory of a fellow artist who passed away while collaborating on this piece.

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Melodies, beats, drones and synthesized sound effects are woven into a rich sonic tapestry that engages the attention like an invitation to a voyage.

About the album:
“This work is dedicated to the memory of my good friend – a musician Dmitry Zubov (Hypnoz, Zuboff Sex Shop, Der Golem, BRZB). It was originally written specifically for him as a soundtrack for further refinement and blending instruments and voices. Unfortunately, Dmitry died of pneumonia October 25, 2011 (he was 35 years old) in Fryazino outside Moscow. The bright memory of him.”

Vitalij Elektronoizov: composer and performer
Using a vintage soviet-era synth called “Kvintet”
Recorded in 2011-12
Visit his site: http://ashsha.bandcamp.com/

Track List:
01 State of Cosmic Factories [00:34:10]

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wh221 Witch Farmer – Love Potion

C.P. McDill — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:04:13 +0000

Witch Farmer’s debut on Webbed Hand is a seamless blending of soothing synth ambient and a restless undercurrent of noise.

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The agitated and distorted sounds which comprise the underlayer of this recording were generated from a heavily-effected contact mic capturing vibrations from steel strings. Spread over this is a shifting soundscape of drone ambient, drawing the listener between the tension of one and the release of the other.

About the album:
“The Love Potion’s sound kind of came out of a family break up and a small depression. Hints the beauty and the chaos of the sound of the release.”
Album was recorded – April 2012
Music performed by Anthony William Grant
Produced in San Luis Obispo, CA
Instruments: Steel springs, Contact mics , Effects pedals and a synthesizer

Track List:
01 Love Potion [00:32:05]

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wh220 The Ghost Between The Strings – Unfinished Decline

C.P. McDill — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:24:17 +0000

The signature sound of tgbts is the use of heavily processed guitar to craft profound droning soundscapes.

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About the album:
A selection of tracks recorded between 2009 and 2011 that were all more or less planned to be completed – but finally stayed in their first, raw state, with various flaws. This is TGBTS’ 2nd “posthumous” album.
As usual, using only guitars (often prepared, detuned, e-bowed…) and effects.

About the artist:
“One person project, creating experimental soundscapes with guitar sounds only : between raw guitar drones, dark ambient, ambient-noise, and no-wave / experimental rock.
TGBTS curates the free download section of the Eg0cide Productions label.
He is also a member of Stillborn Ghosts and Rivers Of Ashes (with lusruta)” from last.fm

Official page: http://www.tgbts.com/
egOcide Productions: http://eg0cide.com/

Track List:
01 Seconds Before [05:35]
02 The Last Dawn [06:58]
03 Letting The Dream Consume Itself [09:10]
04 Failure After Failure [09:52]
05 Unheard Voices [10:49]
06 Questions To The Ocean [05:33]

wh219 Eccentrum – Hurricanes

C.P. McDill — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:56:17 +0000

Ominously deep drones by Eccentrum were named after hurricanes, a natural weather force that inspired this album.

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About the album:
“Hurricanes, awe-inspiring and foreboding weather phenomena, were an inspiration for this work – a journey through the deep and dark sounds.” – the artist

Credit:
The cover picture is a wall of a hurricane’s eye, source: NOAA.

Track List:
01. Fausto [08:41]
02. Omeka [05:00]
03. Sarika [06:46]
04. Sean [06:43]
05. Vastness of Fog [04:39]

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wh218 The Nikki Grace Experience – Divergence

C.P. McDill — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:15:36 +0000

In “Divergence” the post-rock/ambient fusion of The Nikki Grace Experience explores the concepts of nearness and separation, the first of a trilogy.

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About the album:
“For a long time, I’ve worked on this piece of music. I was not sure whether to release it or not, but now I think it’s time to release the first part of a trilogy. Divergence is the parting from everyone you’ve ever loved that was closing into your heart. So “We Breathe Differently” says so much about nearing and letting go. We breathe so differently, inhale the same, but exhale so heartless. The song is created for a second heart we’re all looking for and flows into the question “Is Anyone Still Here?” Here and there, looking around, hopeless and strange and falling into “Black Tar Hearts” crawling and motionless, drowning into a fiery magma of long lost hope, with the look of “All Things I Can Not Hold Near.” The things that ripped out of your hands and dive in “This Wailing Sea,” the sea we want to split like Moses, and at the same time, we want to walk on it like Jesus … nothing’s stranger than closeness … that’s the mind of “Divergence,” a piece of music that’s written and arranged by myself in the Proclambient Studios, in the desert of middle Germany …Thanxx” — the artist

About the artist:
“The Nikki Grace Experience — The Project was born in the year 2010. The Idea of the musical fusion rose from my novel Eta Carinae, existing since 2008. I try to put all dark and sinister images into musical landscapes and post-rockish and ambiental walls. I’m always inspired by journeys through my home, Germany, the Woods, the people, all strange things I see every day, and over there I’m inspired from other beautiful countries like Ireland, the northern countries, all this, with its breath of coldness but beautiful strangeness. I think Music must be a kind of Heart and Soul and the Heart of the Soul turns into Music.” — the artist

Note: This album was originally released under the artist attribution Eta Carinae, and has been retroactively renamed.

Tracklist:

01 We Breathe Differently [10:41]
02 Is Anyone Still Here? [06:24]
03 Black Tar Hearts [10:01]
04 All Things I Can Not Hold Near [13:19]
05 This Wailing Sea [11:02]

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wh217 Mystified – Dance Like Branches

C.P. McDill — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:02:31 +0000

The result of a creative challenge, this work uses a variety of acoustic instruments and sound sources to craft rhythms and ambient textures.

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“Dance Like Branches” was a response to an artistic challenge by C.P. McDill for mystified to compose in an older style, and without using certain tools. All sounds were created by hand in the studio from instruments played by Thomas, with the exception of the vocal samples.

Musicians who like the sounds are welcome to remix them or to use them in their own mixes, with attribution. The remix kit:

http://mystified.bandcamp.com/album/dance-like-branches-remix-kit

Credits:
Thomas Park (Mystified) – all instruments, recording & production.
visit mystifiedmusic.com

Track List:
01 Dance Like Branches 1 [04:59]
02 Dance Like Branches 2 [05:33]
03 Dance Like Branches 3 [04:46]
04 Dance Like Branches 4 [05:08]
05 Dance Like Branches 5 [01:29] (see video)

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wh216 Ice Guild Kaiser – The Past Is Foreign

C.P. McDill — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:37:14 +0000

Further exploration of atmospheric improvisations on heavily effected guitar characterize this sequel to “The Goat Encompasses.”

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Ice Guild Kaiser is a recording project of C.P. McDill and is a sub-project of Saluki Regicide in ways that are difficult to define. Is it a variant personality, a mutation, a doppelganger, or an entirely new form of life? Still finding its way, perhaps we shall see it mature into its own person, though we are aware that the apple seldom falls far from the tree…

Credits:
Recorded & Produced by
C.P. McDill – Guitar, e-bow, synth, accordion, autoharp, voice, effects, samples

Track List:
01 Endless Raven [10:32]
02 The Past Is Foreign [07:04]
03 The Arcane Dreamboat [06:06]
04 A Porcelain Astronaut [07:34]
05 Weathered Dollhouse [03:44]

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