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| | | kye (usa) #kye 11 lp helm “cryptography” long playing record - cryptography i
- cryptography ii
- cryptography iii
- cryptography iv
- cryptography v
| june 2011 release ; stellar second solo jaunt from luke younger, whose tone filth tape & alter / peasant magik debut lp were both warmly received here @ mms due to their clangorous whippoorwill lacings & general acid-soaked deity-channelings ...
that his second is appearing c/o graham lambkins kye speaks to boths respective aesthetic grid-work ; the lye-soaked, organum-ian goo that permeated to an end is here in droves, as are the kind(s) of in-situ confusion(s) that make records like steve beresfords bath of surprise work ... that well-done a/b between flowing, multi-octave laminae & more mysterious collusion(s) that transcend the need to know the how & why of this musics containment, letting us listeners focus on the extraordinary beauty of the thing ... |
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helm cryptography lp (kye 11) 2011
helm is the ambiguous solo moniker of london-based sound architect luke younger. although, perhaps best known as one half of the pioneering avant-drone outfit birds of delay, it is in the more esoteric work of helm that luke's art takes on its most radical shape. 2010's debut lp to an end confirmed that in an age of fleeting trends and fly-by-night fancies, there were still a few old souls prepared to knuckle down and deliver the goods that people want to receive.
cryptography carries forward that noble mindset, presenting a new five-part suite of expertly rendered electro-acoustic study. using processed piano, casio mt-40, cymbal and guitar strings cryptography steers the helm sound through a melange of fringe territories: glacial drone meditations, reconfigured gamelan clusters, and howling walls of organized feedback, all coalesced in classic uk post-industrial fashion. indeed, had it been conceived of 30 years prior, it would be easy to imagine cryptography winning a seat in the united dairies, or dom america catalog, such is its commitment to homemade exploratory zeal.
cryptography was recorded at highams park, london 2009, with additional recording at no recording studios, london. co-mixed, edited and mastered by john hannon at no recording, 2010. cryptography arrives in a full color sleeve, with insert, in a hand-numbered edition of 400 copies. |
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