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noiseam adn36 - Release date: April 2004
CD
11 tracks, 62 minutes
Mp3s:
-Somatic (complete track)
-Saprobe (complete track)
-Cyst (excerpt)
-Peridium (remixed
by Twine) (excerpt)
Active since the late 1990's, Michael Palace's Horchata
project has become known for the quality of his output as well as
for his highly appraised collaborations. Starting with the essential
"Integral" album (the direct predecessor of "Basidia",
Horchata's
second solo CD), in which Horchata
set an example for the whole illbient / dark hop scene, Michael
Palace later collaborated with Twine
(of Bip-Hop
and Ghostly International
fame), Ocosi,
Miles Tilmann,
Narc and
Zenopede
on releases which demonstrated Horchata's ability at working with
varied sound sources and genres.
Partly working with sound sampled from his field trips to the
Amazon forest (Michael Palace is a research scientist at the New
Hampshire's Complex System Research Center), Horchata's
music ranges from the most organic of atmospheric music to the deepest
of basses and the most touching melodies. The result, a bodily experience
that shakes the end and tortures the subwoofer, has been demonstrated
live on many occasions, and has helped Horchata gain the status
of a band to watch.
Ad Noiseam is proud to release Horchata's "Basidia"
album, which showcases all the facets of Horchata's
talent, and hopefully displays the high amount of thought put into
these recordings. A great care is given here to feelings and sound
design, making of Horchata
an act of his own, where structure, atmosphere, beats and tones
are carefully arranged into a mesmerizing and beautiful experience.
Tracklist:
1. Somatic
2. Anamorph
3. Conidia
4. Cyst - video
5. Mycosis
6. Saprobe
7. Mychorrhizae
8. Acervulus
9. Demicyclic
10. Peridium
(remixed by Twine)
11. Gleba
Watch and download a video of the track "Cyst".
Artwork by Nicolas Chevreux.
Mastered by C-Drík at Syrphe.
Horchata:
www.zero1media.com/horchata |
