Sunday, November 23, 2008

recommended: the jack bohlen book club

"Sweet relief comes in the form of Allegory & Violence, the first hardcopy release by The Jack Bohlen Book Club. Being somewhat of an elusive figure, we won't focus too much on the man behind the JBBC, but what that leaves us with is an intriguing collection of field recordings, found sounds and numbers-stations, all either obscuring or collectively building tonalities, drones, little dissonances and hidden melodies that could be accidentally recorded from some distant brittle radio signal just as easily as they could be composed and performed. A true cross-pollination of academic sound-collage and careful compositional placement happens here, and we're pleased to be the ones to bring it to you." - Installsound.net

Also, be sure to check out his other releases (as free downloads) including 'Lion and Lamb' and 1979. Hopefully we can talk him into releasing something on The Land Of!

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