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CHALK, ANDREW - The River that flows into the Sands

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Faraway Press FP 02 Release Year: 2018 Note: one of the nicest ANDREW CHALK solo-works now available on vinyl - extremely subtle dronescapes (probably based on guitar) that change between harmonic and disharmonic scales, thus creating a most ethereal, unreal atmosphere, ... lim. 300 w. oversized, handmade cover 'with tipped-on images', each print is unique; lim. 300 clear vinyl Price (incl. 19% VAT): €30.00 More Info Entirely handmade art edition, heavyweight card sleeve with tipped-on images, every copy features unique and original monotype artwork-printed by hand, no two copies are alike. 180 gramme clear vinyl with full-colour labels. The strikingly radiant masterwork The River that Flows into the Sands receives its first vinyl airing thanks to the wonderful Faraway Press imprint. Exploring oneiric and ghostly guitar soundscapes, Andrew Chalk centers his attention on the guitar and develops a series of meditations that gives his music new depth. While all drone music has a drifting quality to it, The River that Flows Into the Sands is worthy of that description for a different reason. The expanses that normally come to mind when I listen to Chalk are gone on this album and replacing those images is a sense of continuous movement. The bowed instruments and contracting moans seem weightless and inconsequential, floating away into nothing, but leaving a path for other sounds to follow. Like a fountain each drone bubbles up and slowly fades away or evolves into a new drone and each time a sound disappears, there is a new voice there to replace it. Multiple listens will reveal, however, that Chalk really hasn't left that much silence on the record. That illusion is generated via the way Chalk mixes very distinct melodic features with fairly constant tones. As they move about together, a sense of space is opened up that may not actually exist. The effects are as real as possible, though, and there is little room for doubt that this one of the most unique albums in Chalk's discography. [Soundohm]