KA-SPEL, EDWARD & ALENA BOYKOVA — Red Sky at Night
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"An hour in the company of Edward and Alena in a landscape that begins with desolation and finishes in,well, paradise. Five lovingly recorded, meticulously finished pieces from the last 2 years." [label info]
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"Edward Ka-spel works with the missus here, Alena Boykova on a variety of pieces recorded over the last two years in Finland (where Boykova was living then) and The Netherlands (home of Ka-spel still). If you are aware of Ka-spel's solo releases recently ('Trapped In Amber', 'Devascapes' for instance) you know that his solo work is quite far removed from the psychedelic popmusic of the Pink Dots. More experimental, mostly ambient, but at times also full of tension and anger (especially 'Devascapes'). On 'Red Sky At Night' we find three long pieces, one quite short and one that is somewhere in between. Again the music here is more experimental but not as noisy as on that cassette release. Moody, build around field recordings of rain, analogue synthesizers, small percussion and some taped church organ. 'Spook Mist' is a very minimal track, very spooky as the title implies and simply an excellent piece of music. 'Burning Church 2', before that, seems a bit long and out of focus here and there. 'The Nursery' uses a few childrens toys and is nice counterpoint in this release. 'Karis In The Fall' is a mood music piece again and 'Open' the only one to use vocals. Great release, highly varied and not just for die-hard fans only." [FdW/Vital Weekly]
www.terminalkaleidoscope.com
"Edward Ka-spel works with the missus here, Alena Boykova on a variety of pieces recorded over the last two years in Finland (where Boykova was living then) and The Netherlands (home of Ka-spel still). If you are aware of Ka-spel's solo releases recently ('Trapped In Amber', 'Devascapes' for instance) you know that his solo work is quite far removed from the psychedelic popmusic of the Pink Dots. More experimental, mostly ambient, but at times also full of tension and anger (especially 'Devascapes'). On 'Red Sky At Night' we find three long pieces, one quite short and one that is somewhere in between. Again the music here is more experimental but not as noisy as on that cassette release. Moody, build around field recordings of rain, analogue synthesizers, small percussion and some taped church organ. 'Spook Mist' is a very minimal track, very spooky as the title implies and simply an excellent piece of music. 'Burning Church 2', before that, seems a bit long and out of focus here and there. 'The Nursery' uses a few childrens toys and is nice counterpoint in this release. 'Karis In The Fall' is a mood music piece again and 'Open' the only one to use vocals. Great release, highly varied and not just for die-hard fans only." [FdW/Vital Weekly]