Presenting ... "Black Saturday (waag_rel084)" by Scott Lawlor

Thomas

I was deeply intrigued when Scott first pitched his idea for an Easter-themed album earlier in the year … especially considering the darker subject and proposed sound … I was not disappointed. This album is a melancholic delight … one that is perfect for the dark day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

A 320kbps version of this release will be available over on Archive for free with a lossless version available on Bandcamp for ‘pay what you want’ which does include ‘free’. If you decide to download this album here for free, and you can with our best wishes, then all we ask is that you please tell people about it.

Tx

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Scott

This is my interpretation of the legend that Jesus descended into hell during his burial after the crucifixion. This album is a much darker sequel to last year's "Seven Last Words" which was a more meditative approach to the pronouncements made from the cross during the crucifixion itself.

For further reading on the subject matter:

https://vox-nova.com/2012/02/03/descended-to-the-dead-or-descended-into-hell/

Special thanks goes to Wings of an Angel for a superb mastering job.

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Presenting ... "Extropy (waag_rel083)" by Matthew VandenBrook

Extropy … a noun … the theory that cultural and technological development will expand indefinitely and in an orderly progressive manner throughout the universe, the tendency of systems to grow more organised.

I am proud to present a wonderfully atmospheric and very “sci-fi” (as my daughter described it) album from Matthew VandenBrook entitled “Extropy” … more ambient than his previous release, the marvellous “Sound Then Silence (waag_rel064)” released just over one year ago, “Extropy” has an eerie cinematic quality about it that I love.

This is music that paints pictures in my head: abandoned places in the furthest reaches of our imagination, late at night in a Blade Runner-esque dystopian urban expanse of neon and reflection, the chattering of Gibson’s sprawl at dawn … the kind of things that seem to run contrary with the title.

Who knows what the future will bring … will it expand indefinitely? I don’t know. What I do know, however, is that I will enjoy this album for years to come. VandenBrook has surpassed himself.

A 320kbps version of this release will be available over on Archive for free with a lossless version available on Bandcamp for ‘pay what you want’ which does include ‘free’. If you decide to download this album here for free, and you can with our best wishes, then all we ask is that you please tell people about it.

Tx



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Presenting ... Swirl (waag_rel082) by Cousin Silas

I am particularly fond of Cousin Silas' longform pieces. Whether it is his dronescapes or the rerelease of Owlers Wood, Cousin Silas knows how to make longform music that is both interesting and engaging rather than monotonous and dull. He has raised the bar, at least for me, and graciously keeps feeding what is developing into an insatiable hunger for more.

“Swirl (waag_rel082)” is his latest longform creation, one that explores the vastness of space and time within its 78 minute duration. Sounds appear … a piano ... a guitar ... a heavenly choir … and then are gone like the wisps of a long-forgotten dream that fade into the ether. It all is rather hypnotic but then that’s what I’ve come to expect from Cousin Silas and his longform creations … music that captivates the soul and let’s the listener drift to wherever it is they drift to.

I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I have.

A 320kbps version of this release will be available over on Archive for free with a lossless version available on Bandcamp for ‘pay what you want’ which does include ‘free’. If you decide to download this album here for free, and you can with our best wishes, then all we ask is that you please tell people about it.

Tx



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