| $13.68
new to stock as of
may 23rd, 2008
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| | | thrill jockey (usa) #thrill 195 cd robert a.a. lowe / rose lazar “gyromancy” book and three inch compact disc set | | click the play button to hear an excerpt of "psygning off" |
| | ... lovely little book / mini-cd package featuring the illustrations / narrative of rose lazar accompanied by the music of rob “lichens” lowe (more recently heard in the chicagoland “supergroup” signer) ... rob’s sparking arpeggiations are a nice/friendly listen, but the book itself is the draw here, full of detail-heavy continuous-line episodes ... lovely stuff. |
| | thrill jockey press release... |
| gyromancy
by robert a.a. lowe & rose lazar
thrill jockey thrill 195 2008
gyromancy n. : fortune telling by walking in a circle until dizzy; the fortune is determined by where the person falls.
thrill jockey is proud to present gyromancy, the latest in our series of limited edition book + cd packages. following the release of daniel a.i.u. higgs atomic yggdrasil tarot and aki tsuyuko’s hokane we have a new pocket-sized edition to the series. gyromancy is a 4 x 6 soft cover perfect-bound book featuring artwork from robert a.a. lowe and rose lazar. included with the book is a special 3 cd featuring the music of robert a.a. lowe.
robert lowe was a member of the band 90 day men and currently plays music under the name lichens. he is an absolute fixture in the chicago music and arts community. rose lazar runs her own hand-printed goods company called the great lakes goods.
gyromancy looks at future past, neo antiquity, ritual magic, and patterning. the book represents a dream walk through nature and all of its influences. repetition of imagery keeps you aware of the cyclical patterns that nature presents us with. we get caught up in these patterns without noticing them, to the point that you have to stop and take a harder look. gyromancy is an attempt at taking a harder look.
the music composed to accompany the images in the book is there to do just that. to add yet another dimension to the world that inhabits its pages.
the music was created at home through organic synthesis, which projects a science fiction aspect into the natural magical aesthetic, producing an alien landscape which we are familiar with. |
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