the [law-rah] collective. introspection. cd / digital album. raubbau. raub-097
available on bandcamp:
https://raubbau.bandcamp.com/album/introspectiontracklist:
01. research
02. reflect
03. revalidate
limited cd in 6 panel digifile. artwork by salt. upc 821272405122. release date: 12.06.2023
'introspection' is the 24th release by the [law-rah] collective, which this time is again the dynamic duo
martijn pieck and bauke van der wal. it is their 13th release together and without doubt their most mature
release so far. composing and producing this album took two years, but the creation of sounds started
even a few years before that.
'introspection' is the collective's take on the first years of the pandemic of which we don't know how it will
develop from this point forward. are we over it? or should today's state of stasis be considered some kind
of interbellum? the lockdowns and limitations that were forced upon us have been confrontational in many
ways. the freedom we took for granted became a luxury we felt we didn't have any longer.
so we started to explore and research who we were, what we knew, what we did and had, what we could
and couldn't do any longer. we deliberated on what the obligatory extra time would not only do _to_ us,
but what it would do _with_ us. how reflecting on ourselves and how giving feedback on each other would,
or could change us mentally, physically or maybe even in a social perspective. because society did
change, we just don't yet know how ...
like all previous releases, there is no new [law-rah] album that sounds like any album before and
'introspection' is no exception. every release we change our method to keep things interesting for
ourselves. all sounddesign on this release was done by martijn with just a global indication for the
composition, after which bauke spent all his time in protools arranging, rearranging and doing post-
production on all parts.
the result is three 20+ minute compositions; an intense amalgamation of drone, modern classical, analog
and electroacoustic sounds and ideas. it's the collective's exploration within themselves that led to this.
they might guide you into a journey of self-reflection - or you might just listen and enjoy.
discography (excerpt):
introspection. cd. raubbau. 2023
resurrection - almost live at maschinenfest. tape. raubbau / pflichtkauf. 2018
invocation (w/ cinema perdu). cd. raubbau. 2016
field of view. cd. ant-zen. 2012
[ans]werk (w/ cisfinitum). cd. fario. 2011
live in muenster. tape. danvers state recordings. 2009
solitaire. cd. raubbau. 2009
inspiration. cd. ant-zen. 2008
drones for drella. cd. pflichtkauf. 2005
1953. cd. spectre/nautilus. 2004
isolation. cd.
darkambient.net. 2003
vesuvius. lp. force of nature. 2003
incarnation. cd. possessive blindfold recordings. 2001
droning in c (w/ ovum & jonas lindgren). cd-r.
darkambient.net. 2001
the [law-rah] collective. websites:
www.darkambient.netraubbau websites:
www.raubbau.org ·
www.facebook.com/raubbau.label ·
www.raubbau.bandcamp.comdistribution:
ant-zen. audio & visual arts
www.ant-zen.com ·
www.facebook.com/antzen.official ·
www.ant-zen.bandcamp.com
