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Helm To An End LP Edition of 300 PM73 / ALT1
Co-released with Alter. "'To An End' is the debut solo album from London, UK's Luke Younger (also known as 1/2 of Birds of Delay). The album is comprised of an extremely complex
network of intricate layers and mixed sounds. A haunting composition of field recordings, tape loops, percussion, and electronics (among other things) create an extremely
tense and daunting audio tapestry which leaves the listener pondering the intense meaning of the sounds chosen. Repeated themes arrive suddenly and then shift into
new passages seamlessly creating a surreal environment of confusion and alienation. All of the carefully mixed and slow morphing passages are balanced by surgical
editing technique (while leaving the tired "cut-up" techniques behind.) While the albums first piece has many properties of concrete and sound poetry reminiscent
of the work of Charles Amirkhanian or Bengt Hambraeus, it does not confine itself to these genre of these works. On the albums flipside, field recordings and
mysterious tape audio swell in and out of the mix, gone before you can fully realize it was ever there. Soft washes of white noise float delicately on the
surface of an infinite curious hum. A sense of unease simultaneously locks in with an aura of beauty, both worlds comprimising to share a space with each other in
an extended phantom tone. The long excursion into a wash of calm tone could float away forever, its as profound as the discovery of pure silence or the sound of a
massive skyscraper collapsing to the ground. It's not about it's size, it's about the overbearing weight, which this album carries loads of." - John Elliott |