Thought Broadcast - Swarm Structure LP
Total Black 173
Swarm Structure is the fifth LP since Thought Broadcast began over a decade ago in New York City. It is the first LP in several years after a steady stream of instantly gone tapes such as Extinction Circle, released just at the start of the pandemic. Swarm Structure is an intense step for the project's vision of urban nocturne and apocalyptic concrète; it is a raw demonstration of covert and lysergic minimal electronics and pure industrial rhythm, all rendered in TB's signature hazy, grey-area dubplate texture. "Electronic music for the occult geometry of prisons." Mastered by Alex Nagle.
https://totalblack.bandcamp.com/album/swarm-structure
Dominic Coppola & Angelo Harmsworth - Pavonine LP
Total Black 178
"Pavonine" is the second offering from the collaborative duo of Dominic Coppola and Angelo Harmsworth, following the 2017 "Cordial" release on Strange Rules. The album was conceived in late 2020 and completed in spring of 2021, which requires no further explanation when it comes to recording and living conditions.
The duo deploys an array of minimalist structures, steady in span and measured in concept. Each track is executed with a precision focus on antithetical components which curiously coalesce into widescreen hypnotic murals. The album unwinds across large canvases which traverse the full range of the frequency spectrum with patterned layers of static and atmospherics.
"Pavonine" is maximal in its minimalism, a duality like a calm cloud filled sky above an ocean ruffled with wind and waves. The tracks contain elements of Kevin Drumms "Sheer Hellish Miasma", reminiscent of its masterful timbre and texture, while at times also recalling the haunted void-gazing of the Yellow Swans. However, "Pavonine" occupies its own space, reigning and refining a new, modern sound which is reinvigorating and rare in form.
- John Elliott
https://totalblack.bandcamp.com/album/pavonineCopies shipping out to distros now, complete list to follow.
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