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[LAW-RAH] COLLECTIVE, THE - Tess

Format: mCD-R Label & Cat.Number: Taalem alm 141 Release Year: 2021 Note: a stunning 20min. drone one-tracker from the [LAW RAH], starting soft as cotton wool, warm and lonely, developing into something more loopy and enriched with subtle object recordings adding somehow 'metallic' nature... a very immersive piece, excellent and not to be missed !! // NEW ED. WITHOUT JEWEL-CASE! Price (incl. 19% VAT): €5.00 More Info at first a solo dark ambient project created by bauke van der wal more than 20 years ago, the [law-rah] collective has evolved through the years for more diverse sounds while more and more collaborators were added (including martijn "cinema perdu" pieck). "tess" is a kind of special release as it's a solo droney piece made by bauke. tess (19:53) forever in our hearts this time the [law-rah] collective is bauke van der wal www.darkambient.net https://taalem.bandcamp.com/album/tess-alm-141 "The [Law-Rah] Collective started as the solo project of Bauke van der Wal and later became a duo, with the addition of Martijn Pieck (also known as Cinema Perdu). 'Tess', however, "is a kind of special release" by Van der Wal solo. Now, when I think of Taalem releases, over 140 of them (and not sure how many I heard, but a lot surely), this would be the sound to describe the label. The music here is dark, sad, electronic, and thoughtful. It doesn't stay in one place but is on a constant shift. These shifts are minimal, but they all happen at the right moment. I have no idea how Van der Wal works (somehow, I think I may not have seen a live concert by him/them), whether this is modular electronics or computer-generated music, but it has a great warm feeling. From the opening drone, the pieces move on, paces the drones and slowly adds a metallic percussion in the background. Metallic and mechanic, I should think, like machines at work on a construction site or a life support system in the hospital. A sombre piece, but maybe that's also because of the 'special release' and 'forever in our hearts' note that comes with this. An excellent release, this one, very moving." [FdW / Vital Weekly]