ORATORY OF DIVINE LOVE — Purgatorio

KIRCHENKAMPF - sideproject, very deep ultra-immersed fog-drones & sounds, reminds us on TROUMs "Dreaming Muzak", old BIG CITY ORCHESTRA-tapes, etc...
Lim. 225 in oil-smelling "special two-paper coverage, made of rarest pergamin paper". Totally black with golden print and embossing, great & unique design. A must for any KIRCHENKAMPF-fan!

"The most recent release is by Oratory Of Divine Love, which is a side project of Kirchenkampf's John Gore. I remember from the previous release (see Vital Weekly 439) that all tracks were recorded in real time to DAT using radio as it's source. I am not sure if that is also the case with this new one, but if so, Gore must have a mighty big set up to feed these radio sounds into. Perhaps he uses some analogue synthesizers to trigger the sounds, and then feeds them also through a whole bunch of sound effects. 'Purgatorio' (perhaps to celebrate the fact that the vatican no longer believes in it's existence?) is one long piece of true deep drone music of a highly atmospherical kind. Very controlled, very dark. Not really cinematographic, this is more to played in the very dark and let your darkest thoughts come out. In terms of musical innovation nothing new under the sun, but it's surely a great work, perhaps even the best that came out of the Gore residency." [FdW / Vital Weekly]