"[...] the kind of chance meeting I’m unable to conceptually divorce from the SUNN O))) meets NURSE WITH WOUND album ‘The Iron Soul Of Nothing’
[...] Opening quietly with ringing ambience, the track fades in with a dark and contemplative aura. Wobbling synths ensue with a droning predisposition to sharp and wafting tendencies. These sounds enter one’s consciousness in a similar (but notably faster) way to the opening of Nurse With Wound’s ‘Soliloquy for Lilith’.
The aforementioned extremity of Earthflesh is not on full display on INCINÉRATEUR. Rather, Earthflesh provides an aural padding of droning aural frequencies. These tones run through the release, uplifting the relative buoyancy of Man In The Shadow’s synth work and field recordings.
There is an almost intergalactic feel to this record. After rising, falling, and eventual settling of various frequencies, Man In The Shadow meets Earthflesh at a sonic middle-point. Washings of electronic wobbles hold a momentarily subdued position while rumbling noise builds, dominates and overwhelms the track with dread. Ripley abandoning Mother in Alien feels a fitting cinematic analogy for the track – a dense and apocalyptic void that encapsulates the urgency of everything from the centre of nothingness.
INCINÉRATEUR presents a vivid, intergalactic landscape composed of audial extremity and cinematic experimentalism for a boundless exercise into oblivion. Maximum volume yields maximum results." - Daniel de Jongh @ Discipline Mag
disciplinemag.com/reviews/earthflesh-man-in-the-shadow-incinerateur/
released October 11, 2023
Earthflesh : noises
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Man in the shadow : electronics, field recordings
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Recorded on distance, between Geneva, Switzerland, and Montreal, Québec, Canada, between November 2022 and September 2023.
Mix and mastering by Iann Troalen.
Artwork and layout by Bruno Silvestre Favez.
Cover pictures sourced from AI, design by Iann Troalen and Bruno Silvestre Favez.
Musique moléculaire label & SHORT RUN INDUSTRIES, 2023.
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