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genre:ambient, shoegaze, noiserock, atmospheric doom?....supagroup
R. Loren - vocals / textures
J. Leah - vocals
Ted Parsons (Swans, Jesu, Godflesh) - drums
Simon Scott (Slowdive) - electronics
Aidan Baker (Nadja) - guitar
Colin Marston (Krallice) - guitar
Vern Rumsey (Unwound) - bass
Prurient (Dominick Fernow of Hospital Productions, Cold Cave, etc) - noise / electronics
James Blackshaw (Young God Records solo artist, Current 93) - piano
Hildur Gudnadottir (Touch Records) - cello
Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride) - vocals
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) - vocals
Marissa Nadler (Kemado Records solo artist, appears on Xasthur’s latest record) - vocals
David Tibet (Current 93) - cover art
Faith Coloccia (Mamiffer) - design, layout, painting, collage
James Plotkin (Khanate) - mastering
The sound that R. Loren and crew create is really good. The album need not hide the source of its sound, because the end result is just so damn enjoyable. Loren has a penchant for creating sounds that wash over the listeners, immersing them completely in the experience. Sailors With Wax Wings is no exception�"in fact, it may solidify the rule. The album has an ethereal, dreamlike quality, and like a dream, while the different parts that make up the whole of the album may be easily discernible, it is much more difficult to imagine any one part separate from the whole. The ghostly vocals, the omnipresent tremolo of dueling guitars, the plodding drums, the echoing chords, the atmospheric cello…every part plays a significant role. Even the separate tracks must be seen as parts of a whole as opposed to complete entities in and of themselves.
Sailors With Wax Wings may appear to be a collection of the talents and ideas of various musicians, but those ideas weren’t just thrown into a blender. R. Loren meticulously crafted the album to ensure that no note was missing and no note was wasted. The album is a complete, cohesive experience, one that envelops the listener and rocks him to sleep with alien lullabies. Sailors With Wax Wings is a prime example of R. Loren doing what he does best: acquiring the means to realize an idea and using them to their full potential.
sailors with wax wings, mediafire download
(thanks to doomed for the link)
3 comments:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH :D
A PIECE OF ART
Thanks for uploading this album! Great blog! Cheers!
Thanx to you for putting this up on your page. It's very soothing and textural. I also wanted to give a complimentary smiley face to your blog--awesome posts, words, and artwork. Keep up the great work! );-D
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