pretty stoked to finally be dropping a bomb from la otracina, one of my absolute faves from the past few years. these brooklynites know how to bring in it in all forms from all directions. "gardens of blackness" is everything you'd hope it was: heady dark drones that flirt with the world of metal more than ever. drummer/vocalist adam kriney let's go on the a-side, hollering and wailing like tomorrow's nothing but a distant dream.
other times you end up dredging up some serious murk from the bottom of the pool. hints of tape collage come out of nowhere and eventually it mellows out for a pretty even high. it's cohesive and all over the map all at the same time, definitely showcasing their new direction since their last record on holy mountain.
here's kriney's breakdown of the tracks:
The Land Above The Sky (Beyond The Dusty Hills Pt 2.)
Began as an improvisational group jam recorded this past summer when we recorded all of our current live material to end up on albums early next year. This one ended up becoming a massive sound collage piece based on smaller thematic ideas all segued together for full psychedelic effect, mostly recorded live in the studio over several weeks of mixing/editing. One of the most interesting pieces we've ever created in the studio, we are absolutely thrilled with it!
Emerald Energy (audio sample)
An improvsational meditation on a section of music that also appears on the song "White Energy" which will appear on the next Galactic Zoo Dossier Magazine CD compilation. Features a rare line-up of Adam on keys, Evan on wurlitzer, and Phil on acoustic guitar, final mix was slightly treated for maximum ambient implosion, a subtle and sparse piece!
Mass Monolithic Mind
Yet again we enter a land of minimal stuffs, this piece is more improvisational meditations on yet another song "Mass Meteroic Mind", which had been a staple of our live show during most of 08 and will apear on our record of new/now-ish music sometime next year. At the tail end of the piece you can hear a slight excerpt from the actual song that this meditation was based upon, to give a lil' taste of things to cum.
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