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SKY BURIAL - Spectrehorse

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Audio Immolation Industries [A/I/I/03] Release Year: 2006 Note: MICHAEL PAGE aka FIRE IN THE HEAD; debut album of slowed down crushing doom ambience Price (incl. 19% VAT): €12.00 More Info Das Seitenprojekt von FIRE IN THE HEAD mit einnehmenden doom / ritual / noise-drone der visionären Sorte, eine Vermählung von Zeitlupenbeats, stechenden Soundschleifen, verstörenden Geräuschen & rauhen Gitarrenfeedbackwänden.. "....Sky Burial was different. Sky Burial was a sonic revelation and one I whole heartily embraced. Sky Burial is, in reality and so far, a dark ambient / drone / experimental sound sculpture side project. A world apart from FITH. "Spectrehorse" is the first official CD to be released and Michael composed the music, and I quote: "using field recordings from temples and caves in Laos with additional material from various studio sessions between 1996 to the present". Michael has that written large on his website so I for one will not question any of those facts. The nine tracks sees Michael on fire playing around and manipulating sounds into ever increasingly complex patterns within a variety of different ways. He inhibits a sort of netherworld of darkest spatial ambience... but isn't afraid to introduce a touch of melody, post rock or even, gulp, old fashioned noise into the mix to bring these sounds to a fitting climax. Whilst the drone purists may baulk at some of the extravagances he employs, the rest of us can but admire the fruits of his labour. The spectacle of claustrophobic entrapment is never far away as he toys and plays around with the senses. There is this undeniable feeling of cold isolation that is prevalent and cannot be shaken off. An ominous and stark realisation that forms a knot in the stomach as the music repeatedly builds in intensity. That isn't to say that "Spectrehorse" isn't without its lighter, more serene, moments. Even then though you feel this is an illusion and you patiently wait for the true evil, that must surely lurk beneath, to be revealed in all its ugly glory. I generally hate comparisons to this artist / group or that, although I have been guilty of doing this myself in the past, but to say someone sounds like someone else is a disservice to all the artists concerned. After all Michael, like all artists, didn't deliberately set out to mimic someone's style. He created what he's created. The fact it falls within certain musical spectrums is neither here nor there and so comparisons become invalid and inconsequential. Treat "Spectrehorse" for what it is. A glorious, and mostly sonically bleak, exhilarating musical adventure that is the other side of the coin to FITH by being far more accessible in every respect. I can but hope he continues down this path for many years to come...." [Aural Pressure] www.collectivexxiii.com/sky