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ORGANUM ELECTRONICS - Organum Electronics

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Siren Records SIREN 29 Release Year: 2019 Note: ORGANUM transmuted into ORGANUM ELECTRONICS, and also the sound became much more complex and noisier as before, without loosing the typical characteristics of repetition and timelessness.., 3 tracks of about 15 min., lim. 500 copies - "..'Electronics' is dense and huge; a roiling swamp of electric din that would appeal to fans of Jackman’s early collaborations with The New Blockaders ('Salute'), and 'Wrack'), though this is more atmospheric than aggressive.." [HS / Vital Weekly] Price (incl. 19% VAT): €14.00 More Info In the birth of the universe Time stands still amidst a wild and untamable energy Radiant light bathes and purifies solid stone pillars Both ancient and modern Wild vibrations touch our most innermost core and perception Organum Electronics exists in the clear moment of the present But its mysterious compositions lay hidden in a timeless past Modulating oscillations mirror our most fundamental sense of being As though a living and breathing entity would Communicating with a life-force and language we have all but forgotten sirenrecords.blogspot.com/2019/11/organum-electronics-siren-29.html "David Jackman’s music, both as Organum and under his given name, is typically characterized by repetition, brevity and a deadpan aloofness. He’s made plenty of extremely short (sometimes one-sided) 7” singles, albums containing multiple slight variations on a single piece, and albums of compositional (if not sonic) minimalism. It’s Jackman’s typical move to provide very little information beyond a word, or sometimes an image. Lately, he’s been predisposed to not even providing an image; just as few words as possible on a white background, nothing more. Naturally, he does not seem to do interviews and has no web presence. As listeners, we’re left to apprehend the music as itself. No guidance into his hermetic world. I find it refreshing. Whatever your experience of an Organum album is, that’s all you get. Thankfully, each emission is thought- provoking enough to get lost in and monolithic enough to encourage both passive and active engagement. In the case of the flatly titled Electronics”, the music is as evocative and singular as anything Jackman has produced. The three 15-minute untitled pieces are monoliths of surging drone bathed in mammoth reverberation. The title says everything you need to know and nothing at all. Same with the cover art, merely the title and name in a black print cross pattern on white background. The design is nearly (or perhaps exactly?) identical to Jackman’s relatively more active and mellow “Herbstsonne” album; is there an implied relationship between the two? I’ve given both albums some deep listen and I cannot tell what the relationship could be. And so again, the sound is all one gets. “Electronics” is dense and huge; a roiling swamp of electric din that would appeal to fans of Jackman’s early collaborations with The New Blockaders (“Salute” and “Wrack”), though this is more atmospheric than aggressive. It’s a slow boil of fierce control, not a chaotic attack. Few actual events happen, and there isn’t much difference between the three tracks… it’s almost as if Jackman set some sounds in motion, then stepped back and allowed the pieces to generate themselves. It’s relentless and heavy, uniform in mood across all 45 minutes. No build-up, no denouement, just a steady mysterious churn to get lost inside of." [HS, Vital Weekly]