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
Mirrors Are Black/Altar Of Flies split LP will be out April 30 on Tamed Records from France www.tamedrecords.com
Altar Of Flies-“The Violent Blow” LP will be out in May/June? on Italy´s A Dear Girl Called Wendy http://wendyprodz.altervista.org/
And later Altar Of Flies-Female LP will be out on U.K´s Peripheral Records http://peripheralrecords.co.uk
You can listen to new tracks here: http://soundcloud.com/altar-of-flies
Photos from ”Swedish Energies” festival, NYC. Taken by Phillip Stearns (www.phillipstearns.com).
NEWS
Altar Of Flies will play at the “Swedish Energies” festival at the Issue Project Room, Williamsburg, NYC December 2-3th 2011. The line-up is: Anna Koch & Mats Lindstrom + Altar of Flies + Carl Michael von Hausswolff + Hanna Hartmann + Ikue Mori & Ida Lundén + Kathy Hinde & Daniel Skoglund + The Magic State + Mats Gustafsson + Sewer Election + The Skull Defekts. I am totally excited!!! A special “tour tape” will be made, and hopefully Altar Of Flies, Joachim Nordwall & Sewer Election will play one more date in the area. Check back for further info later and keep your eyes open if you live in the area. Here is some info about the festival.
“Admission: $10 / $8 for members. The two-night program, presented by Issue Project Room, iDEAL, EMS, WELD and the Consulate General of Sweden NYC, will feature a huge lineup of some of Sweden’s most exciting experimental musicians. Performances will include collaborations between U.S. and Swedish artists as well as a cross-section of Swedish groups, such as the prolific The Skull Defekts (stripped down to a trio for drones and psychedelic electronics), and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, one of the most important free jazz and improv musicians working today.” http://www.issueprojectroom.org/2011/10/17/swedish-energies-night-1/
The follow up to 2010 “Förruttnelsen” LP & “Permanent Cavity” CD will be released 2012 by Italy’s best A Dear Girl Called Wendy label, who released the “Sacred Trails” 7”+cd-r last year. It will be released on vinyl and the working title is right now “The violent blow”. I have recorded the songs all year and it feels like a natural progression from the sounds of “Let new life rise in the face of death” CS. Daniel Fagerström will do the cover and it will be an amazing release. http://wendyprodz.altervista.org/
A split LP with Mirrors Are Black on the French label www.tamedrecords.com is also in the works. More about that one later.
Altar Of Flies @ Beckershuset, 29/1 - 2011. Live visuals by Robert N Peyre (by XPikku)
