Monotheism
As 11
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download Album (mp3) | 1 track | £4.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 1 track | £5.99 | ||
| Download Album (wav) | 1 track | £5.99 |
As 11 - Monotheism
Based on field recordings made at Mount Horeb in the Sinai, Greek sound artist AS 11's Monotheism is an excoriating reminder - all the most prescient in the light of current events in the Middle East - of the overt and implicit violence that lies at the heart of religious dogma. The winds at the mountain's summit are whipped up into a howling gale of distortion. Buried within the squall is a loop of what might be mournful chanting, racking up the Old Testament dread and making this a dark, frightening endurance test of an album. Keith Moliné - THE WIRE (UK)
In December 2005, AS 11 made some field recordings at Mount Horeb (Sinai, Egypt). One could never guess the original source, though, as these sounds were radically studio-altered with the addition of "voice effects" after the author's return to Greece. The whole composition is engulfed by an oppressive distortion whose kiss of death has no mercy: gradually, the first elements of "Monotheism" start to revolve around themselves in a whirlwind of infernal utterances, destructured loops and anti-cosmic degradation in one of the harshest, uninhibited liberations of hidden monstrosity of the human soul heard recently. Nevertheless, it also feels like having been delivered; somewhere in this sea of lost hope, an element of sacred nihilism is to be found, its weak grip slowly becoming the guide light that finally leads to the end of this apparently infinite tunnel. More rotten beauty in the never disappointing gathering of fabulous contradictions which Antifrost puts out with blessed regularity. Massino Ricci - TOUCHING EXTREMES (IT)
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