Cremation Lily
IN ENGLAND NOW, UNDERWATER (LP)
ALTER ALT42
ALTER
ALT42
Format:
12 INCH
Import: GER RELEASE
Tracklist:
a1
in england now, underwater
a2
washed through glass
a3
radiance and instability
a4
leniency
a5
rusted red
b1
outlined expanse
b2
the city & the sea
b3
as a sea creature might watch >from an aquarium
b4
feminine listening
b5
immaculacy
Info:
Vast, Expansive And Introspective Works Utilising Place-specific Found Sound On This Second Cremation Lily Lp For Alter. Contemplating Mortality, Illness And The Perennial Bleakness Of British Winter In A Seaside Town We Find Zen Zsigo Experimenting With Piano, Violin, Synthesiser And Walkman Tape Players. Layering Field Recordings Of The Hastings Shoreline Atop Druggy, Stretched Out 303 Basslines And Snippets Of Spoken Word There Seems To Be An Overarching Thematic Of Memory And Reflection At Play. From Vignettes Of Crumbling Glass And Bittersweet Drones Through To Sprawling, Semi-rhythmical Pieces (‘as A Sea Creature...’) It Seems As If Zsigo Is Trawling The Coast For Fragments Of Its Former Glory. The End Result Of His Study Manages To Echo The Work Of Yoran, Leyland Kirby And Even Jacob Kirkegaard Yet The Rare Moments Where He Lays Bare His Own Vocal Narrative Seemingly Transforms In England Now, Underwater Into Sonic Diary Territory. Mixing Salt-water Soaked Cassette Loops With Haunting, Minimalist Piano Motifs And Warped Recordings Of Crashing Waves And Bird Noise An Intense Atmosphere Of Ballards Drowned World Is Evoked Through Sound.