Description:	CD on Digitalis
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Drone / Kosmische
	Label:	Digitalis
	Price:	£8.99
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

5
...according to our Brian on 30 July 2009.

This new Black to Comm CD on Digitalis, it's one long track of quite mesmerising drone with a ponderous organ and myriad shimmers, twinkles, buzzes & electronic whispers with shards of lovely, delicious cascading sound that is designed to take you on a real trip. I dunno why, but this chap - who runs the esteemed Dekorder - ain't quite as popular as some of the other current drone practitioners but I reckon his stuff is right up there with the cream of the crop, this CD 'Charlemagne & Pippin' being a prime example. There's so much interesting stuff happening on this disc, so many fascinating, shifting textures & layers I'm worried I may slip into a trance & be like a monged zombie all day. If I was in a room on my own, i'd crack out the incense & click on the lava lamp & crank this mother right up real loud like....it's quite a spiritual sounding piece! My favorite drone record since the Taiga Remains split LP on Blackest Rainbow, loving it....

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Sound clips for Charlemagne & Pippin by Black To Comm: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Digitalis, £8.99.

What their label says...

Marc Richter's new Black to Comm offering "Charlemagne & Pippin" churns out a slowly, methodically building single-tone battleship, that somehow manages to become more powerful, hopeful, and grandiose as it oscillates. Richter's characteristic organ noise is rounded off beautifully with various electronics, bells, metal percussion, toys, water, and violins, provided by band members Renate Nikolaus and Ulf Schütte ,which grow around the central note yet slowly move to the center themselves. The Bursting electronics, white noise, and buzzes become more frequent and attempt to overpower the mighty organ.

Together, these three musicians bring about a musical pairing that suits the title. A pairing of power and play, father and son, age and youth. Its probably best to turn the lights off and the speakers up for this meditative 35 minute slab of drone excellence.