The Gate - Destruction of Darkness
Moving fluidly between freely improvised music and composition, the sound of The Gate is dark, deep and full of events, twists and turns. Dan Peck (tuba, composition), Tom Blancarte (upright bass), and Brian Osborne (percussion), based in New York, fill the gap between hardcore free jazz and doom metal a la Sunn O ))). Ultra-low tuba and bass lines, combined with punishing percussion and layers of viscous noise, create a suffocating and unrelenting texture of doom.
This second release is a long-form composition in three secions, inspired by music of the doom metal genre as well as the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág. The themes of death, transcendence through violence, and the supernatural are explored in this work, as through the prose stylings of Cormac McCarthy and H.P. Lovecraft.
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The Gate - Vomit Dreams
New York-based trio The Gate are Dan Peck (tuba, composition), Tom Blancarte (upright bass), and Brian Osborne (percussion). Moving fluidly between freely impro..(read more)
Label: Heat Retention
Artist: The Gate
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Dark Ambient, Death Metal, Improvisation, Tuba.

David Toop - Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom
An interdisciplinary and sweeping overview,, Toop introduces the philosophy and practice of free improvisation (both musical and otherwise) within the historica..(read more)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic / 9781628927696
Author: David Toop
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '60s, '70s, History, Improvisation, Music Theory.

Various Artists - L´Anormalité // La Déviance
A meditation on the human condition in an indifferent suburban environment. The compositions are by Martijn Pieck, a mixture of drones, field recordings and mic..(read more)
Label: Betontoon Records / 00008
Artist: Various Artists
Medium: Magazine + CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Atmospheric, Drone, Essay, Field Recordings, Graphic Art.
