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Recommended by us on 17th December 2010
...according to our Phil on Thu 16 Dec, 2010.
Got a coupla newies on the ole Blackest Rainbow label this week and this be one of 'em. A brand new Celer album of previously unheard recordings which were recorded between 2006 and 2008. You kinda know what you're getting with Celer these days. You either love 'em or hate 'em but to me they're a benchmark of quality when it comes to ambience as there's not really many other folks doing it much better. Though they have been known to dark it up like those 2 CD's they did on Students of Decay which were kinda noisy for Celer. This album sounds lovely. It's only been on for 5 minutes and I'm into it.... beautiful drones which are both tranquil and warm sounding.... it reminds me a wee bit of Discourses of The Withered which I was only listening to the other night. This one features field recordings from Katmandu (sounds like a busy hectic market or something) and it adds an extra dimension. It's a very dense sounding record but one I think you'll love if you're fan of Celer. Excellent!
Second vinyl LP from this formerly active American duo of Will Long
and Danielle Baquet-Long, which also happens to be the second LP from
Celer on Blackest Rainbow. Vestiges Of An Inherent Melancholy follows
on from the recent pairing of releases on Basses Frequences and
features 2 sides of unearthed recordings that were created between
December 2006 and July 2008. These two sides find the duo creating
some truly beautiful drone works with their use of an organic and
electronic palette of instrumentation; cello, violin, pipe organ,
electronics, tape, field recordings, samples, and mixing board. This
really is a standout side from Celer, pulling together their variety
of sounds to make a heart breaking collage of sounds falling between
beautiful dream tones and heavier dark moments. Vestiges Of An
Inherent Melancholy again pushes Celer further to the front of modern
minimal compostion, proving that they were one of the most
interesting, consistently outstanding, and intriguing acts around in
recent years, creating some of the finest and most beautiful, fragile
drone records around. The full experience of a Celer release is
complete with accompanying titled fragmented sections for the side
long pieces, and striking cover photography by Danielle. Limited to
500 copies in thick old style tip-on hardback jackets with LPs pressed
on 140 gram virgin vinyl.
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