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Twinsistermoon
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Description: | Heavyweight vinyl LP on Blackest Rainbow NOW CHEAPER! |
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| Format: | LP (vinyl) | |
| Genre(s): | Free/Psych/Acid/Alternative Folk | |
| Label: | Blackest Rainbow | |
| Price: |
£9.79
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| Availability: | In stock. Dispatched in 1 working day. |
...according to our Ant on 05 August 2010.
Here we have a brand spanking new full length vinyl release from Mehdi Ameziane who is of course one half of Natural Snow Buildings. Kicking straight off with 'Black Nebulae' we're immediately in dark psychedelic terrain with Medhi's trademark swirling drones and rich textures. Then the brief interlude of '1976' makes way for 'Ghost That Was Your Life' which really showcases the quality of the mans songwriting skills, as well as his unique angelic vocals. 'The Big Sand' heads south of heaven with an overwhelming sense of impending doom, like a ghostly sandstorm sweeping across a barren desert. Then somehow the feeling of the track seems to gradually transform into luscious sparkling tones and celestial smothered melodies. Both 'Desert Prophecy' and 'Trailer' are more fine examples of earthy magical folk which feels like it's been buried in a time capsule. The icing on the cake here is the immense closer which pretty much comprises half of the album. 'Then Fell The Ashes' is a colossal evocative piece which is very dynamic during its duration with dark brooding drones, field recordings, guitar and rays of light peering through the darkness. After listening to this is it doesn't take a genius to see why this artist has gained such a cult following. Limited edition in heavy duty tip-on sleeve. Recommended.
Brand new full length vinyl LP from Natural Snow Buildings' Mehdi Ameziane's solo project. This is the third vinyl release from Twinsistermoon since last summer's The Hollow Mountain LP and Bride of Spirits 7" which were both released on the excellent Dull Knife label. Following on from these two gems, as well as various obscure self released discs and CDs on Digitalis and Students of Decay, Ameziane's sound has grown somewhat darker at times with this brand new LP featuring nearly 50 minutes of new material. The A side features 6 tracks, where as the B side is a huge almost 25 minute track. The opening track 'Black Nebulae' is a gorgeously textured psychedelic drone based piece, followed by a short, quieter, guitar plucked piece with vocals, but no words entitled '1976'. 'Ghost That Was Your Life' is a stunning beautiful layered guitar piece with Ameziane's astounding beautiful vocals shining through. 'Big Sand' opens as one of the darker pieces, with an occult feeling to its sound, swirling vocal drones, almost like a choir at times, and in come those stunning warm and distinctive gutar sounds with layered ghostly sound scapes, that haunt much of Ameziane's solo and NSB recordings. Half way through this track it fades into layered field recordings, drones, and distant chimes, the sound of this track at this point just has a real melancholy vintage sound, the last two minutes are again a change of sound with a slow plucking of guitar strings. 'Desert Prophecy' returns of the sound of just Ameziane and his guitar, with some lo-fi electric riffing distrotion in the background. Its pretty incredible to hear this and think that its from 2010, and not from the 60s or 70s. The sixth and final track on the first side is 'Trailer', another beautiful somewhat lighter folk sound, which is interesting considering the following is the albums title track 'Then The Ashes Fell', a side long track which is a considerably darker and heavier than much of the rest of the LP, but it weaves in some beautiful lighter more reflective moments. Heavyweight vinyl housed in deluxe heavy thick card tip on jackets. Edition of 979.
SIDE A
1. Black Nebulae
2. 1976
3. Ghost that was your life
4. The Big Sand
5. Desert prophecy
6. Trailer
SIDE B
1.Then Fell the Ashes...
