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RAPOON - Alien Glyph Morphology

Format: DVD Label & Cat.Number: Caciocavallo CAV30 Release Year: 2005 Note: DVD box / 6 short films & 20 tarot-cards & two slide shows / LAST COPY! Price (incl. 19% VAT): €15.00 More Info ”Robin Storey, better known as Rapoon, is well known in ambient music circles for his extensive catalog of recordings, presently exceeding 40 albums, singles and collaborative projects released over the last 13 years. Rapoon has always stood for more than music, however. Visual arts have long been important to Robin. His paintings grace many of his album covers, but until today his filmmaking has been done in relative obscurity. "Alien Glyph Morphology" is the name of a suite of six short movies, set to his music, of course, that make up the primary focus of his DVD release. Using montage, slides, and slow-motion techniques Robin produces the visual counterparts to his unique and atmospheric soundtracks. A short film, "Shadow", and two slide shows round out the collection. A limited edition set of 20 sturdy Tarot cards painted by Robin Storey accompany the first 1000 copies.” [press release] “....Rapoon's music has a strange timewarping effect, a Deep Listening wormhole that puts you in a blissful perpetual state of cognitive play. Rather than attempting to replicate the mantra quality with some sort of hypnotic, retina burning lightshow, the defining quality of his films is luscious texture and suggestive symbolism. Warm, analogue background hues flicker like ghosts caught on film; the Miro-like moving sketches on top are floating markers of unconscious energy. The visual dimension of Alien Glyph Morphology gives the music even more licence to roam - spare, enlightened Jon Hassell-like passages sit side by side with sample transmissions akin to Cabaret Voltaire's Attic Tapes. The main challenge of this marvellous release is how to tune out the outside world and properly immerse yourself in Storey's dislocated trance states; rather than having to peer into a TV or monitor, it would be even better if these images could flow unrestrained across cinema screens and gallery walls.“ [THE WIRE]