Drone Records

MENCHE, DANIEL - Vilke

Format: do-LP

Label & Cat.Number: SIGE Records SIGE019

Release Year: 2013

Note: the howling of WOLVES!! DANIEL MENCHE is again focusing on one main sound source to extract its acoustic essence & power - VILKE is based on howling wolves-recordings, building resonating, multi-layered choirs in connection with percussion loops, developing into wonderful subtle & hazy drone-fields...four side-long, very different, at times completely otherwordly movements.. . feel the wild spirits! Fantastic drone-release, gets us goosebumps! lim. 500

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"Pressing of 500 numbered copies, packaged in a deluxe LP sleeve and o-card with art and design by Faith Coloccia. Clear and black vinyl versions available!

Vilkeé: of Lithuanian origin, a word for the female wolf.

For over twenty five years, Northwest native Daniel Menche has been involved with innova- tive methods of composition and sound experimentation. His formative work being rooted in noise has since developed into highly idiosyncratic and sophisticated forms, while remaining integrated with the genre’s emotionally visceral core. Vilke´ is another step forward in this ongoing evolution, and a formidable experience for the listener.
Animality is a recurrent theme in Menche’s work, displayed prominently within four long form compositions that comprise the album. An avid and voracious hiker, Menche found great in- spiration in the beautiful lament of howling wolves during his overnight expeditions; and ul- timately chose these sounds as the core sonic elements for Vilke´. By layering and distending wolves voices, a choir of howls was constructed - a massive sound wall colliding with layers of poly-rhythmic drums, abstracted guitar and piano. Fluctuating from somber ambiance to a seemingly endless cascade of noise, the songs lure the listener into a darkened forest of howling serenades, propulsive rhythms, deconstructed instrumentation and mother nature’s primal cacophony.
Vilke´ is an immersive experience, standing as a powerfully unique album among a long and varied discography from one of today’s most valuable experimental musicians.

Daniel Menche has been an active musician for 25 years and issued releases on labels such as Editions Mego, Touch, Sub Rosa, Soleilmoon, Alien8 Recordings, Important Records, Beta-Lactum Ring, etc." [label info]

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