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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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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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wh215 Materia Confusa – Axis Mundi

C.P. McDill — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:01:15 +0000

Materia Confusa’s fourth release on Webbed Hand is a pair of musique concrete compositions built around some intriguingly deep concepts.

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About:
“The title track, Axis Mundi, revolves literally around the idea of its namesake. The sound of a Jacobs Ladder creates the core central rhythm which is yet another incarnation of the theme. An attempt at representing both ascending, and descending, movement around the cosmic axis.

The second track, Strange Loop, is patterned after the ideas set forth in the book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid around the concept of a “Strange Loop”. Specifically in relation to recursion, the fugue compositional technique, and Johann Sebastian Bach.” — the artist.

Materia Confusa: www.materiaconfusa.net
Vocals & Cover art by Monica René Rochester: www.gentressmyrrh.net

Track List:
01 Axis Mundi [06:55]
02 Strange Loop [07:35]

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wh214 Mystified – Bone Drones 5

C.P. McDill — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:45:13 +0000

Further explorations of the dronescape by Mystified with his remarkable blue plastic trombone.

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Bone Drones has now become an open-ended quest to find the sonic possibilities of the trombone as a drone instrument.

“For Bone Drones 5, Mystified brought in some new elements. One was Paulstretch– some of the pBone sounds were stretched before they were further effected, giving them more of a string-like quality. Another was bits and pieces of an ancient opera recording, highly warped and effected. You can hear them if you listen closely. Special thanks go out to David Nemeth for specifically asking for more Bone Drones — Mystified hopes he can continue to furnish new Bone Drones whenever there is a need.” – T. Park

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

Track List:
01 Bone Drone 19 [10:30]
02 Bone Drone 20 [10:29]
03 Bone Drone 21 [09:57]
04 Bone Drone 22 [10:14]

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wh212 Nasienie – How To Say Goodbye EP

C.P. McDill — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:39:07 +0000

With “How to Say Goodbye” Nasienie sculpts a dark, droney soundscape which incorporates recorded sounds and a subtle melodic motif.

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About:
This single longform composition is described by the artist as “downtempo electronic sound with influences from drone and sometimes ambient techno.”

Recorded and Produced by Nasienie
Artwork by Annie Lou.

Track List:
01 How To Say Goodbye [16:23]

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wh211 Mystified – Bone Drones 4

C.P. McDill — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:25:23 +0000

A new kind of trombone has inspired Mystified to create a new volume for the Bone Drones series.

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Mystified has expanded the original Bone Drones trilogy into new territory thanks to the acquisition of a new instrument.

A recently invented trombone called the Jiggs pBone has revolutionized the world of “brass” instruments. Although it is constructed of plastic, it is capable of the rich tones and volume of its traditional metallic cousin. It is in its lighter weight and less brassy overtones that new possibilities occur, and thus inspired, Thomas Park of Mystified has undertaken to begin a new set of Bone Drones recordings. The sound colorations resulting seem almost to resonate more like a string chamber group than one of brass.

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

Track List:
01 Bone Drone 15 [08:06]
02 Bone Drone 16 [08:14] [See Video]
03 Bone Drone 17 [11:26]
04 Bone Drone 18 [11:18]

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wh209 Ice Guild Kaiser – The Goat Encompasses EP

C.P. McDill — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:57:00 +0000

Dark, atmospheric improvisations on heavily effected guitar are at the heart of “The Goat Encompasses” by Ice Guild Kaiser.

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Ice Guild Kaiser is a recording project of C.P. McDill and is a sub-project of Saluki Regicide. In style and production methods it is a hybrid of Saluki Regicide and Drone Wallah.

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

Track List:
01 The Goat Encompasses pt 1 [07:27]
02 The Goat Encompasses pt 2 [04:49]
03 The Goat Encompasses pt 3 [04:28]
04 The Nowhere Specialist [09:48]
05 The Nowhereist Special [04:20]

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wh206 J. Dujardin – This Will Be the Last

C.P. McDill — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:01:53 +0000

J. Dujardin, who has previously released on Webbed Hand as Uitgezonderd, continues his sophisticated dark ambient/electronica oeuvre with “This will be the last.”

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Dark, melancholic soundscapes by Dujardin are built with shimmering walls of effected guitar, piano and electronic instruments.

As Uitgezonderd he released Sterven Stil Leven [wh178] and Burning Giraffes at Sea [wh156]. The works of J. Dujardin & Uitgezonderd center on melancholy themes, with piano and guitar as prominent instruments in the sound.

This album includes a collection of illustrations to accompany each track.

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J. Dujardin
project by Jeffrey Dujardin
Country:Belgium
Released: April 2011
Genre: Electronic
Style:Classical, Dark Ambient, Ambient
Cover and accompanying art by J. Dujardin

Track List:
1. Introduction [05:24]
2. Seashore [05:09]
3. The Drowning [08:43]
4. Destruction [04:53]
5. Sandskull [03:16]
6. Eroding Eyes [02:44]
7. New Beginning [05:32]
8. The Nothing [03:21]
9. The Road [03:24]
10. See Grey [03:20]
11. It will never end [06:34]

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