review from Vital Weekly
INSTINCT PRIMAL & PURBA - FOREST RITUAL (cassette by Nil By Mouth)
Here we have quite a lovely package, with leporello booklets, black and white pictures of the forest in
which the ritual was held and also some iconography that is not my taste (crucifix and such). I
understand that all of these sounds are recorded in the Bohemian countryside, in the forest and at the
Kutna Hora ossuary. Some of this was recorded during a snowstorm and all of the second side during
the night. I am not entirely sure but it seems that there has been battery-operated instruments in use
here to play the music. It is all about "the aural experience of bones, cosmic connections, trees, stones
and ancient spirituality", which is not the kind of thing this 21st century sceptic has much interest in,
but as I was listening to this on headphones, sitting back with my Walkman (a rare thing to do, I
realized, but maybe something I should do more often), I actually these heavy walks in the dark, the
sonic overload generated and the cracking of branches along with rain fall and other ghostly forest
activities. I assume, but might be wrong, that this is not a 'live in the forest' recording but the result
of collaging various recordings together, overlaying various sources together, which is quite rightfully
so as a choice. It enriches the music quite a bit I think and despite the somewhat gothic overtones it is
even for me a most lovely release. (FdW - Vital Weekly)
