Aug 25, 2007
Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky pt.6
Photo credit: Michael Phelps
With this list we come to the end of this series. A series that travelled from the heavy artillery of psychedelic freak-outs all the way to the serene bliss of dark and tranquil drones and ambient. This final 60+ minute playlist is like reaching our final destination in space. A peaceful place that glows with ecstasy and breathes an almost religious serene ambience. This couldn’t have been better portrayed than by Rhys Chatham’s incredible “A Crimson Grail”. A highly emotional recording which was made in the Sacre Coeur in Paris with 400 electric guitars, together creating a massive spectral wave of resonating beauty. Only the latter part of the 29 minute track by Troum seems to be able to threaten the almost sacred ambience of the list. But soon afterwards Machinefabriek treats us with a heart-wrenching piece of droning ambient. Probably one of the most powerful pieces of his catalogue so far.
- TwinSisterMoon - I Wish I Could Drown the World in Reverberation
When Stars Glide Through Solid (Self released, 2007) - Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail, Part 1
A Crimson Grail (Table of the Elements, 2007) - Troum - Sigqan Part 2
Sigqan (Desolation House, 2003) - Machinefabriek - Zucht 2
Zucht (Self released, 2006)
Previous instalments:
Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky pt.1
Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky pt.2
Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky pt.3
Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky pt.4
Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky pt.5
thank you for those lists.
btw, there are so many Machinefabriek’s records - any recommendations?
I would suggest starting with the recently released compilation Weleer on Lampse. Also a good choice is Slaapzucht on Root Strata which combines his Slaap and Zucht EPs, together with an extra track called Still.
He only has one real album out so far, ‘Marijn’, which is very good but not his best work in my opinion. His best stuff is on the many EPs he has released over the last 4 years. My favourites are Bij Mirjam, Manchester, Stottermuziek, Zucht and Flotter. And also of course his collaboration with Aaron Martin. Some of them you can still order directly from him.
For the remainder of this year there are still released planned on Foxy Digitalis, Kning Disk, a couple of self released EPs and his second full album in January on Lampse. And there I was thinking that Acid Mothers Temple was prolific…
[...] In the sixth instalment of this series I actually promised it would be the last. For a while now however I’ve been feeling the urge to post some serious star-gazing psychedelic rock and drones again. So this marks the rebirth of the series and I have some really awesome stuff lying around for a handful of new instalments. First up is a selection of heavy grooving and hypnotizing monsters to get back into the rhythm again. This is the 1st heavy-artillery regiment recalibrating your psyche so you’d better be warned. [...]