CLINICAL TRAILS - Fragmenter 2020/23 TAPE Reissue

CLINICAL TRAILS - Fragmenter 2020/23 TAPE ReissueGhostly industrial from One of my favorite local projects. 60 minutes of warm and dreamlike tape music. This recording is for me a perfect example of how music for magnetic tape can feel as organic as the vibrations of a string or the humming of a voice, when utilizing the flaws and unpredictability of tapes and tape machines.

Robert and Anni used these pieces and the Himalayan peaks as a template for painting a soundwave soundscape around the piano compositions

chapters on brave deeds and the power of love on the move

he often sang her to sleep in a rocking chair

It’s what not said here that speaks the loudest though

but also a lot of instability and heartbreak

Summerlong is a captivating listen that leaves the listener yearning for more

who has collaborated with Abul since his first cassette release in 2012

Magnolia Electric Co

and the ultimate exaltation of life through death is realized

The duo draw on a deep well of inspiration from the rugged beauty of the Pennine landscape to invoke a steeply immersive style of folk-blues abstraction

resulting in a toolkit of deft instrumental chops and tricked-out arrangements that operate on a level rarely found in guitar-pop

a Radio Shack handheld cassette recorder and various computers