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Recommended by us on 7th January 2011
...according to our Ant on Thu 06 Jan, 2011.
This sounds gloriously bleak and haunting with acoustic guitar, organ drones and ghostly atmospherics. Alex's vocal and delivery occasionally recall good old Jhon Balance and I'm reminded of Coil on more than one occasion. As far as I can gauge the chap's only had a few CDr's out previous to this so let's hope the vinyl grabs some attention as there is some real visionary stuff happening here, seeping with loneliness and a pervading melancholy. There's a lot to digest here, from spooked ambient to more ethereal vistas. Hand numbered edition of 310 copies in lovely screened jacket with download. Recommended.
Drenched in a frozen, hypnotic melancholy, The Safety Machine is a double-LP tour de force by London-based musician and producer Alex Monk. Incorporating seventies kraut-synth psychedelica, cosmic ambient drones and haunting melodies into an ambitious framework of multi-layered sonic bleakness with hints of early Eno, Klaus Schultze, Robert Wyatt and Moondog, Monk creates a haunting world that’s filled with loss, loneliness and ethereal beauty — staring into the abyss while the icecaps are hugging your skull…
‘The Safety Machine’ double-LP comes in a hand-numbered edition of 310, with a screenprinted open sleeve. Also includes MP3 download voucher.
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