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barge recording archive (usa) #brg 004 lp

mgr / xelabarge split series • volume 1” long playing record

  • mgr - shipping gold (16:17)

  • xela - calling for vanished faces (23:29)
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may 2008 release ; splitsville aktion from isismike “mgr” gallagher and type’s john “xela” twells ...

the mgr side is nice enough (if you’ve heard his recent conspiracy-label record you’ll be in familiar territory ; acoustic lines slowly get buried-under by a wall of reverbed-out electric wash ...) but the xela side is the one i’ve been playing the most ; a respectfully event-heavy side starting off with some nice rectified synth/feedback bleat, then a long section of vocal drones & free drum kit ... great stuff !!!
barge recording archive press release...

mgr / xela : barge split series vol. i
catalog #: brg004
format(s): lp
label: barge recordings
street date: march 25th 2008
file under: rock/experimental
pressing: 350
about barge split series vol. i:
barge recordings is pleased to pair mgr and xela on vinyl as the first in a series of split lp’s. shipping gold / calling for vanished faces treats the listener to two moving pieces that both compliment and contrast one another in style and compositional approach. developed musically from two entirely different places, mgr’s mike gallagher and xela’s john twells respective careers have led them to this unique crossroad, a powerful recording capturing both artists at their creative primes.

mgr / shipping gold: hyper-slow development and dread-ridden tension building reveal themselves in shipping gold as in past mgr work, as well as the subtle swelling and closing of sonic space. shipping gold attracts our ears particularly due to its dramatic use of guitar in the foreground. composed with both acoustic and electric guitar and effects, mike’s vigorous attack’s and pitch-bent decay over a slowly morphing theme in a minor key behaves like some unknown light guiding us; it’s rays looming over an intense psychic landscape.

xela / calling for vanished faces: musically, it would be useless to categorize calling for vanished faces as “noise” “sound art” or anything afore-mentioned. in basic terms, every time we listen in to this utterly mind-altering composition we discover something new; something to grab on to within it’s lush spectrum of dynamics. bombarded with pulsating drumming, distant early-music inspired vocal harmonies, guitar distortion, morphing electronic buzzes and guitar feedback, calling for vanished faces is a sonic arcade of sorts and delights the listener with each passing experience.

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conspiracy (belgium) #core 056 cd

mgrwavering on the cresting heft” compact disc

  • allusions (6:02)
  • it darkens his door (6:45)
  • rumantions of before (6:53)
  • equilibrium (5:45)
  • the night splits, wide and open (7:36)
  • and it falls, by the gallons (8:17)
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conspiracy press release...
mgr
wavering on the cresting heft
conspiracy core056

with mgr guitarist mike gallagher - of renowned dirge architects isis - unveils a compendium of sparse ruminations culled from years of underground musical experience. gallagher has developed a style characterized by dense, sustained textures coupled with a penchant for the subtle melodicism associated with the post-sabbath riff. mgr's effectiveness stems from how fluidly gallagher is able to gradually add texture upon texture, building up the intensity of the tracks until they reach a tragic momentum. imagine isis with much of the bombast stripped away, leaving only dark, moody and melancholic soundscapes… mgr (the acronym for mustard gas and roses, which gallagher has borrowed from a line of vonnegut's slaughterhouse five), is an emotionally charged amalgamation of sounds that, much to its credit, refuses to fit neatly into any particular category.

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