Artist:
Dreadlock Tales &
Mikko Heikenpoika
Title:
Sonic Artifact
Label:
Dubmission Records
Released:
6th November
Dubmission Records head honcho Jasper (or Crazy Baldhead as he’s also known) made the statement that this certainly ranks as one of their best releases of the year, and possibly one of their best ever. Quite frankly I can see why he says this. Now, although the first track is a DJ unfriendly 35 minutes in length. It’s not a track that is spaced out with long ambient interludes, but rather a progression of numerous ideas and techniques. In addition there’s also a shorter DJ friendly radio edit which will keep them happy and well as aid promotion. Now there’s an interesting background to the production of this aptly named sonic odyssey, that I feel is far better explained in the promotional text below, than in my own words.
"Sonic
Artifact" is an electronic odyssey, a love song to the infinite
cosmos wrapped inside a paean to deep space. Crafted by the Helsinki
based Dreadlock Tales over a five year period with the help of the
lauded throat singer and Igil player Mikko Heikinpoika, "Sonic
Artifact"’s journey into outer bass takes us from the ancient
past to the near future and beyond.
Influenced
as much by psychedelic and stoner rock as by dub reggae and the
blues, It was the founder of Dreadlock Tales, Kimmo Tyni, who had the
idea to make a continuous 35 minute song with a thematic structure
that ended up being an exploration of ambient, drone, dub and techno,
and he invited throat singer Mikko Heikinpoika to help.
The
album was crafted first by creating a soundbed with Moog, electric
Tanpura, sequenced synthesizers and field recordings from the forest.
Tuvan throat singing, Igil and Melodica were added, and downtuned
guitar was recorded through a massive tube amplifier and cabinet to
create the drones at the end of the track. Finally Kimmo added
traditional Finnish instrument the Kantele, and the track was
finished.
The
result is an electronic epic that warps time and bass on the artists'
mystical mission to outer space.
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