Standing Still, Facing Forward
Last seen on these pages releasing his At The Foot Of Nameless Roads album for Digitalis, Ensemble Economique (aka Brian Pyle of Starving Weirdos) contributes the second release to Amish Records' Required Wreckers series. Standing Still, Facing Forward is comprised of field recordings, found sounds and instrumental performances that get looped and layered into a substantial whole. 'With You At Brandy Creek' makes for a riveting opener, stretching out minor-key string exchanges to great effect, leading into the more electronic 'Chamber Of Light', whose spiralling tones enter into a more discordant framework that only seems to intensify during next track, 'Strangler Figs'. Clashing percussive sweeps merge with tense, asthmatic drones and FX outbreaks of thunder storms, all of which adds up to an immersive and addictively unsettling horror movie feel. Wildlife recordings play a big part in the ten-minute drone of 'Angkor Wat In The Mist', adding bird and insect noise to a soundscape full of strange orchestral samples and modulating sustains. Standing Still is a fascinating listen, blurring lines between studio work, natural world documentary recordings and sampling. The outcome is loaded with atmosphere and tension, sounding greatly like some lost film soundtrack.
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Last seen on these pages releasing his At The Foot Of Nameless Roads album for Digitalis, Ensemble Economique (aka Brian Pyle of Starving Weirdos) contributes the second release to Amish Records' Required Wreckers series. Standing Still, Facing Forward is comprised of field recordings, found sounds and instrumental performances that get looped and layered into a substantial whole. 'With You At Brandy Creek' makes for a riveting opener, stretching out minor-key string exchanges to great effect, leading into the more electronic 'Chamber Of Light', whose spiralling tones enter into a more discordant framework that only seems to intensify during next track, 'Strangler Figs'. Clashing percussive sweeps merge with tense, asthmatic drones and FX outbreaks of thunder storms, all of which adds up to an immersive and addictively unsettling horror movie feel. Wildlife recordings play a big part in the ten-minute drone of 'Angkor Wat In The Mist', adding bird and insect noise to a soundscape full of strange orchestral samples and modulating sustains. Standing Still is a fascinating listen, blurring lines between studio work, natural world documentary recordings and sampling. The outcome is loaded with atmosphere and tension, sounding greatly like some lost film soundtrack.
Last seen on these pages releasing his At The Foot Of Nameless Roads album for Digitalis, Ensemble Economique (aka Brian Pyle of Starving Weirdos) contributes the second release to Amish Records' Required Wreckers series. Standing Still, Facing Forward is comprised of field recordings, found sounds and instrumental performances that get looped and layered into a substantial whole. 'With You At Brandy Creek' makes for a riveting opener, stretching out minor-key string exchanges to great effect, leading into the more electronic 'Chamber Of Light', whose spiralling tones enter into a more discordant framework that only seems to intensify during next track, 'Strangler Figs'. Clashing percussive sweeps merge with tense, asthmatic drones and FX outbreaks of thunder storms, all of which adds up to an immersive and addictively unsettling horror movie feel. Wildlife recordings play a big part in the ten-minute drone of 'Angkor Wat In The Mist', adding bird and insect noise to a soundscape full of strange orchestral samples and modulating sustains. Standing Still is a fascinating listen, blurring lines between studio work, natural world documentary recordings and sampling. The outcome is loaded with atmosphere and tension, sounding greatly like some lost film soundtrack.