Memory Geist - 'Benthos'
(DiNDDL09)
 
DiNDDL09| Release
Today!

 
 
"Benthos" is the second album by
Memory Geist, the collaborative project of Steve Law (of Zen Paradox, Starseed
Transmission & Black Cab) and Bakis Sirros (of Parallel Worlds &
Interconnected). Their first album "Funereal Cavern" was released in 2007 by the
well respected Italian experimental label Musica Maxima Magnetica.
 

The creation of "Benthos" has been a long process
initiated in mid-2007 when Law visited Sirros in his home town of Athens, Greece
and the duo recorded some initial material together comprising a variety of
soundscapes, sequences, analogue rhythms & organic atmospheres. On his
return to Melbourne in Australia, Law sculpted this raw material into a set of 6
tracks which were augmented by further soundscapes, rhythms and arrangement
ideas sent across to him by Sirros. The gestation of "Benthos" took 4 years in
total and has resulted in the birth of a complex and fascinating ambient
electronica album. The pieces range from dark, industrial rhythmic tracks to
cosmic style slabs of ambience and showcase the duos use of modular analogue
synths alongside computer software manipulation.
 
info and clips here:
http://www.din.org.uk/din/node/388
 
the album is also available as a limited edition (100 copies)
digipack CD-R from Alio Die's label Hic Sunt Leones.
 
(for the gear-heads: this album is full of various
modular and analogue synths, including ARP 2600, Doepfer A100 / eurorack,
RS-Integrator, Serge modular, Technosaurus
Selector system D, Metalbox/CGS, Korg MS20, MS50, Curetronic modular, Roland
System-100m, Korg Trident, Korg PE-2000, Univox SR95, etc, etc...
)
 

Bakis Sirros


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