Black Tempest - Supernormal Recordings

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4...according to our Phil on Wed 07 Dec, 2011.

Not one, not two, but three CDs are in this spunky set courtesy of Tempest Towers. Basically you get a CD of the performance from the Supernormal festival from August of this year. The other 2 discs are compiled of tracks from the various improvised rehearsals for the gig. So there's the info...I'm only a few minutes in and it's taking me on a cosmic journey to floaty spaceville. Nice Emeralds-esque synthy keyboard business with lots of ambient noises in the background like twattering birds and that. It's reminding me a little of some of the earlier more ambient Orb music in places. Essentially though it's a CD of kosmische synthy drones and ambience and if you're hankering for more then this bargain three disc set would be a decent place to start!!

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Supernormal Recordings is a 3 CD set including the complete recording of Black Tempest live at the Supernormal Festival on the 19th August 2011. The other 2 CDs are culled from many hours of improvised rehearsals for the festival. This collection traces the journey from the idea of taking the music of Black Tempest to the live environment to the actuality.
Supernormal is, in their own words "An experimental, artist-led event, set in the magical looking-glass world of Braziers Park", and is a fantastic (and under-reported) event. Black Tempest headlined the 2nd stage on Friday night, on the last and most beautiful of the summer days of 2011, taking to the stage as the sun set and the audience relaxed into the vibe.
The set includes a lavishly illustrated 8 page booklet.
Rocket Recordings review of Black Tempest at Supernormal:
The only Rocket curated band actually to play on Friday was the amazing and rarely seen live Black Tempest, who headlined the second stage. Adorned in a white lab coat, BT subjected the audience to some stunning psychedelic analogue soundscapes from his vintage sonic weaponry, that even got some of the crowd writhing around in the grass...stunning!!

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