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TBC_CZEPOKS_SIGD - Radio Gagarin Allsound Orchestra

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Wachsender Prozess Release Year: 2020 Note: excellent four person collaboration recordings made a FSK Studios in Hamburg, by Swiss experimental veteran CHRIS SIGDELL aka B*TONG (once a member of NID, etc.) together with two members of TUMORCHESTER (aka CZEPOKS) and TBC (who worked with BRUME, TIETCHENS, etc. and had a 7" on Drone Rec. in 2002 => complex multi-layered ambient industrial, strange loops and dark drones, micro noises, waves, strong atmosphere... digipack with handmade artwork Price (incl. 19% VAT): €10.00 More Info "In Hamburg, Germany, there is a radio station called FSK and one of the program is Radio Gagarin. Here TBC, also known as Thomas Beck holds court and plays records and sometimes has friends over an in-house radio session. On a date not given their guest was Chris Sigdell, whom we otherwise know as B*Tong (but also Leaden Fumes and Bu.d.d.A) on electronics and the other side of the table we find TBC_Czepoks, being Seemann (bass, theremin, violin dulcimer), Rana Miss Ton (keyboards, sound objects) and TBC (tapes, electronics, live mix). Sigdell oversaw the edit and mix we now hear on the CD. As these things go in this particular end of the world, the result is an all-dark, heavily reliant on drone affair, with occasional leanings to the world of noise. In the opening piece, 'Phainon', we enter a world full of rusty machines, stashed in a big hall. Squeaking and vibrating, objects falling to the floor, this turns out to be the release at its heaviest. In other pieces, the four-piece settle for a more subdued drone sound. Slowly opening and closing all sorts of filters on a variety of electronics and amplified objects, they create an unsettling moody atmosphere; probably as black meets brown on the cover. In 'Pyroeis' a voice appears, reminding me of the earliest Current 93 records (which Is a big plus in my books). The two parts of 'Phosphoros' that end the proceedings are my favourite part of this release. This is quiet yet unsettling; this moody and sparse but with lots of tension underneath. Massive and spacious, like the unveiling of a black hole (is that possible?), with stuff already disappearing from the scenery. This is about one-third of the entire release, and it proofs that given enough time and acting out patience, brings out the best in improvisation." [FdW/Vital Weekly] https://tbc-czepoks.bandcamp.com/