Nivhek
After Its Own Death/walking In A Spiral
Opaque assemblages of Mellotron, guitar, field recordings,
tapes and broken FX pedals by Pacific Northwest artist
Liz Harris, created during and after two contrasting
residencies in the Azores, Portugal and Murmansk, Russia
and combined with pieces made at home in Astoria, Oregon.
The collection's unique dual design functions as a forked
path, existing independently of one another but with roots
intertwined. She cites her score for HYPNOSIS DISPLAY
as a compositional reference point, inspired by "interior
mnemonic device landscapes" and "curiosity around a
sadness."
In pacing, palette and poignancy, these sides rank among
Harris' most stark, primordial work: fragile, feverish,
ominous and otherworldly. She describes this music as "a
requiem, a ritual, to unlock and release feelings," a sense
of shadowy masses, moving backwards, in spirals, massive
doorways opening chaotic forces, "a toxic concentrated
reduction of something much darker bubbling beneath."
Her artistry for mapping richly detailed inner worlds is
nowhere more expressive and enigmatic, vibrations and
voices gliding dimly out of the void, "wraithlike and
ethereal, their existence in the mist questionable."
Initially released in a private edition that vanished
almost as quickly as it was announced, After its own death
/ Walking in a spiral towards the house is presented here in
a beautiful second edition on Superior Viaduct's imprint
W.25TH.
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Format
CD - 1 disk
Release
31-05-2019
Label
Item-nr
1202508
EAN
0857661008230
Availability
Not in stock