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Æthenor - En Form for Blå
En Form For Blå is a record where it's tempting and possible to zone out of and forget that you're even listening, let alone any specifics. »
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designed by stephen o' malley, the deluxe double-lp version is pressed on white vinyl and packaged with printed inner sleeves. aethenor is comprised of stephen o'malley (sunn0))), ktl), daniel o' sullivan (ulver, mothlite, guapo), kristoffer rygg (ulver) and steve noble (n.e.w., company, etc.). en form for bl documents the continued evolution of this unlikely collective, a collision of players from various avant, improv, metal, and 'other' threads who together make a unique and arresting sound. documenting three gigs in oslo recorded in 2010, the album is deep and weird, with liquid sounds juddering around the occasionally identifiable percussion or rhodes motif. in the evolution from a side project / studio group to a frequently working live act, thenor kept their sound intact, taking the musique-concrte-style transitions and 'what's that sound' ethos of their three previous efforts directly to the stage. noble, having spent a couple of decades playing drums with derek bailey and other well-known uk improvisers, moves the music along subtly, keeping much of the focus on the burbling sound mass. o'malley's guitar, an instrument of extreme viscera in sunn0))), is used with restraint, providing occasional low menace but mostly mixing it up with o'sullivan's thematic lines and rygg's sound treatments.
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