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mirror, "islands"
I've got good news and bad news: the good news is that now you canfinally afford to buy a Mirror album! This German 2xLP set costs about$15 less than any of the single LP "limited" releases on the US labelsRobot or Anomalous. The bad news however is it'll be quite easy to gethooked on Mirror after buying this. Record #1 features an all newstudio album from the trio (Andrew Chalk, Christoph Heemann and AndreasMartin). The recording is like an aural painting of a journey in asmall boat as day turns to night. What appears to be recorded sounds ofoars gently hitting the water can be heard faintly as the ominousmusical sounds suggest the impending nightfall. While other ambientrecording artists recently have been recording the wind or theelements, Mirror have impressionistically created something original,both captivating and inviting. Through guitars and electronicprocessing, the trio's journey has a clear beginning, journey andreaches its destination as the rain begins to fall. The second recordfeatures a live performance from Austin recorded last year whichrevolves around the same concept. Like the studio recording, thejourney both starts and ends in a similar way but the nature of thebulk is a different improvisation with the same tools. If you're quickand lucky enough, the first copies ordered from Die Stadt come in bluevinyl with a bonus 7", unfortunately you won't get that in the stores.
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