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BTONG (B*TONG / B-TONG/ BTONG) — Monastic
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"Since getting to know Chris Sigdell from a distance in 2010, sending the label a promo copy of The Great Disintegrator, and onwards recognising the release of his project btong through labels such as Attenuation Circuit, Greytone and Silken Tofu, we met up in the flesh in 2016. Since then the label invited him to master last years releases from Ajna, Valanx and Dronny Darko and now releases his project btongs two new albums Monastic and The Long Journey.
Monastic is a configuration of field-recordings that Chris Sigdell recorded together with his companions Benny Braaten and Bertrand Gaude in 2010, while having a day off on tour. In the hands of Chris Sigdell Monastic forms spooky and disturbing waves of sound, dripping carelessly down the spine, crushing rocks.
Dont listen properly, behave inaccurate. Dont be obnoxious, be quiet and feel the concrete.
CD w/ 4-panel digipack limited to 300 copies.
Released 29th September 2017."
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"The other CD is all based on field recordings Sigdell made at Landbouwbelang in Maastricht
along with Benny Braaten and Betrand Gaude. Whatever you can record at Landbouwbelang
(agricultural interest?) is not entirely clear, Id say, as whatever Sigdell does with his equipment, it is all transformed a notch or two. With both of these releases I have no idea what it is that Sigdell uses, but the best I can make of it is that it is all a mixture of analogue and digital equipment. No words are used on Monastic, but there is plenty of reverb and sounds of water dripping, so I would think it has a more cave like atmosphere. It also sounds a bit louder and grittier than The Long
Journey; it is more like being trapped in a machine hall, Id think, than in a space ship. Its the yin to yang here, the noisier Monastic versus the atmospheric journey of the other. I would think thats the reason for releasing these on separate discs; the different approaches require different discs. My
personal preference is for The Long Journey, but I see the fine quality of both." [FdW/Vital Weekly]
Monastic is a configuration of field-recordings that Chris Sigdell recorded together with his companions Benny Braaten and Bertrand Gaude in 2010, while having a day off on tour. In the hands of Chris Sigdell Monastic forms spooky and disturbing waves of sound, dripping carelessly down the spine, crushing rocks.
Dont listen properly, behave inaccurate. Dont be obnoxious, be quiet and feel the concrete.
CD w/ 4-panel digipack limited to 300 copies.
Released 29th September 2017."
www.reverse-alignment.se
"The other CD is all based on field recordings Sigdell made at Landbouwbelang in Maastricht
along with Benny Braaten and Betrand Gaude. Whatever you can record at Landbouwbelang
(agricultural interest?) is not entirely clear, Id say, as whatever Sigdell does with his equipment, it is all transformed a notch or two. With both of these releases I have no idea what it is that Sigdell uses, but the best I can make of it is that it is all a mixture of analogue and digital equipment. No words are used on Monastic, but there is plenty of reverb and sounds of water dripping, so I would think it has a more cave like atmosphere. It also sounds a bit louder and grittier than The Long
Journey; it is more like being trapped in a machine hall, Id think, than in a space ship. Its the yin to yang here, the noisier Monastic versus the atmospheric journey of the other. I would think thats the reason for releasing these on separate discs; the different approaches require different discs. My
personal preference is for The Long Journey, but I see the fine quality of both." [FdW/Vital Weekly]