• oxy "AETHER GUST" Vinyl + CD + digital

  Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

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  OXY is a transient project combining talents of Ivan Pavlov, better known as CoH, and Sasha Galianov, the main force behind the electronic sound of the avant-garde performance collective Shortparis. The two once met at a festival where they performed a semi-improvised live set. The first performance sparked mutual interest in continuing joint experimentation, which, after a series of concerts, eventually led to this studio recording.
  
  The name of the album is constructed of the two titles presented each on one side of the LP. The first side, AETHER, delivers a powerfully charged contemplative exploration, in which the two seem to carefully study the sound of each other's instruments. The search for balance between the analogue and the digital reveals a murky terrain of focused sonic pressure interwoven with potent silence filled with echoes. Towards the end, AETHER, amorphous in the beginning, gains structure and rhythm, as if preparing the listener to its more agitated sequel, GUST.
  
  Side two, starting with trademark minimalistic patterns of CoH quickly picks up in intensity and wanders into the domains of digital heavy-metal, in which Sasha's menacing guitar riffs are meticulously disjointed in favour of power focus. Then GUST takes the listener through a minor apocalypse, past a few relieving joyful moments of temporal enlightenment, and towards a strange peace found in a disorienting, synth-framed collage of acoustic guitar sounds.
  
  AETHER GUST is a record that requires listener's full attention, offering in return a captivating journey though peculiar landscapes at the intersection of the worlds of the two adventurous music explorers, exchanging their sonic beliefs and passions.
  
  This journey, these intersections, but also this permanent encounter between analogue and digital, are magnified by the physical version of AETHER GUST: it comes as a bundle of both Vinyl + CD versions of the album, all in a 12" vinyl sleeve then nestled in a thick crafted carboard black embossed sheath.
  
  Limited edition of 300 copies, 55 of which signed and stamped by Ivan Pavlov (CoH).
  Only 10 signed copies availabel from Alara.
  
  Released on 33-1/3 June 2023
  (4th July, 8:00am GMT)
  
  Each physical order will get free download of the full album as digital HQ files.
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of oxy "AETHER GUST" via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more
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