Tour dates:
martedì 9 - Napoli @ Oblomova
mercoledì 10 - Roma @ Dal Verme
giovedì 11 - Genova @ Spazio Targa
venerdì 12 - Vittorio Veneto @ Codalunga
sabato 13 - Secret Show (no infos)
domenica 14 - Milano La Cruda Realidad
“Minimal yet dense, abrasive noise melding tape loops, field recordings and knackered machinery at the hands of Mjölby, Sweden’s finest, Altar Of Flies. ‘The Violent Blow’ is a crushingly heavy sound intent on slowly burying you up to the ears in rubbled rhythms and petrified, stunted synth tones. There are five tracks, or songs if you want, scrabbling at the intersection of analogue machine abuse and rubbled concrète texture with seemingly calloused hands and gristly bits of nail hanging from the fingertips. They range in turn from the furnace blast dynamics and demolished rhythms of the title track thru the quarried chamber dubnoise of ‘Crumbling Tones (For Turid & Thunder)’ and into the submergence of ‘Hollow’ to a the torrid inferno ‘Aeration / Black River’ and the mighty closing statement - practically worth the admission alone - ‘Under Tension’, staggering from blistered distortion and bruising bass weight to a chilling passage sounding like Nate Young gone radiophonic. Monster.”
Last update this year? Altar Of Flies-The Violent Blow LP (A Dear Girl Called Wendy) is ready now. And i think it will be officially out tomorrow together with two other releases. Artwork by Daniel Fagerström, mastered by Riccardo Mazza (Lettera 22), limited to 150 copies. It was recorded 2011. Here is what the label says “After a long time out of print Sacred Trails 7”, a new release from Altar Of Flies for Wendy.
Minimalistic textures, tape loops, field recordings and junk abuse, all mixed in an unique cruel sound. AOF explores line between man and nature, with analog machines he transforms in sound the cold of his lands, the feeling of no light, the man perfection in loneliness.
The result is the must organic, deep and dark AOF release ever.
A new start for this criminally underrated artist, a new powerfully sound that places Mattias Gustafsson as one of the best noise act in Europe.” http://wendyprodz.altervista.org/
Upcoming Altar Of Flies live performances:
iDEALFEST, Hypnotower, DJ Dub Industrial Sound System, January 18, Moderna Bar, Moderna Museet. http://www.modernamuseet.se/sv/Stockholm/Program/Moderna-Bar-pa-fredagkvallar/
Fantastic review of the Mirrors Are Black/Altar Of Flies split LP Here: www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/?p=36479
And another one here in Swedish: http://www.soundofmusic.nu/recension/altar-flies-mirrors-are-black-0
And from Muhmur blog here: http://muhmur.blogspot.se/2012/05/altar-of-lies-mirrors-are-black.html
Review of the Mirrors Are Black/Altar Of Flies LP (Tamed) from the WIRE July 2012.
And here is a Swedish one from Sound Of Music: http://www.soundofmusic.nu/recension/altar-flies-let-new-life-rise-face-death
“The Violent Blow” LP will be out sometime in September/October on A Dear Girl Called Wendy. “Female” LP will be out in a few months on Peripheral Records.
“Let new life rise in the face of death” CD can be bought from me or plenty of distributors. Check www.hastenochkorset.tumblr.com for a list.
http://soundcloud.com/altar-of-flies/anagrams-from-let-new-life
Altar of Flies - iDEAL MAYHEM Copenhagen - May 19 2012 (by eSyringe)
The CD version of “Let new life rise in the face of death” CD is out now and some other AOF related stuff etc. Check it out at www.hastenochkorset.tumblr.com
Altar Of Flies-Mirrors Are Black split LP is out now on Tamed Records. www.tamedrecords.com
ALTAR OF FLIES / MIRRORS ARE BLACK Split LP – Tmd 004
Sweden has always been a country that interested me musically. The noise / experimental scene is really active there nowadays. I discovered in the same time two great recordings by ALTAR OF FLIES and MIRRORS ARE BLACK (A.O.F. “Let New Life Rise in the Face of Death” CS and M.A.B. split 7″ with GAERRA). That’s simply how the idea of a split was born. ALTAR OF FLIES presents here two new tracks, with “Fragments” (the longer piece) Mattias has created one of his most narrative piece, using subtly field recordings and sound ambiance, making a presence surround you and transforming your own universe when you’re listening to it. It makes you feel like you are discovering your own place for a new first time, or like you are being surprised by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. The result doesn’t sound really concrete or organic, it’s a more living noise, like a sound created, animating the things where it comes from. AOF starts his side by a sort of listener setting in, called “Attention please”. Of course the mixture is orchestred with pure noise elements as AOF has the secret : tape, electronics, reel-to-reel/tape-echo loop… On the other side MIRRORS ARE BLACK issues a three part heavy and subtle noise piece, using drone and avalanche of sound, like a wave that flows and rises you to the surface. MAB music suspends minutes and retains seconds, captures and releases. It does not sail on a quiet lake, powerful rhythms upset the landscape. MAB uses analog gears, textures that ensue. His music can sometimes reminds early days of indus/noise music (a track is called “Tesco Days” such a coincidence with an old british band…). On this track, Peter (who also plays in AMPH) affirms his solo project with his own spirit.
Artwork by Henrik Wallin
Mastered by Viktor Ottosson
Tracklist :
1) Attention please (Altar of flies).
2) Fragments (Altar of flies)
1) Tesco day (Mirrors are black).
2) At bethania (Mirrors are black)
3) Girls who like camel (Mirrors are black)
Press: 350 copies – april 2012
