Latitudes

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Remeindre | CD (Latitudes)

  1. Duel Ravens
  2. Guenevere Of The Ganges
  3. Black Snow, Blood Mountain
  4. Aurgelmir

Wishing to forego the amplifier worship of previous projects, the trio set about using acoustic instruments to create a meditative and different kind of "heavy" musical landscape filled with the drone of traditional Indian Harmonium, Tamboura and Sruti Box alongside bowed and plucked guitars and layers of wordless voice. The resulting four compositions are powerful, reflective and extremely beautiful. The inspiration for this session came from the soundtrack work of Popul Vuh for the films of Werner Herzog and Alejandro Jodorowsky's collaborative music for his films from the early 70's along with more modern artists like Ben Chasny's Six Organs Of Admittance and Jack Rose's Pelt.

The sleeve features a drawing by Alex Tucker (himself an acclaimed comic artist) based upon an illustration by Russian Folk Artist Ivan Bilibin from the fairy tale "Vassilisa The Beautiful", and the inserts were created by all the band, making a cohesive package reflecting the mood and tone of the recording.