{"id":44506,"date":"2021-01-23T05:25:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T02:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=44506"},"modified":"2021-01-23T05:25:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T02:25:36","slug":"walls-of-rlyeh-a-tribute-to-howard-phillips-lovecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2021\/01\/23\/walls-of-rlyeh-a-tribute-to-howard-phillips-lovecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Walls of R’lyeh: A Tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walls of R’lyeh: A Tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft<\/a><\/em>. A multi-band compilation album from Gates of Hypnos, a Russian curator released via a Polish label, and dated December 2020.<\/p>\n

Difficult to find out more, but described in passing by one sonic observer as in the ‘rasp ambient and noise’ sub-genre (who knew?). Here that serves to power soundscapes which evoke some of Lovecraft’s famous landscapes. There are samples to listen to, which on hearing are actually rather more approachable than the daunting sub-genre tag might suggest. Although the final track does evokes the Plateau of Leng via a constant wall of warbling static, seemingly without even any fleeting vocals. <\/p>\n

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In like ambient vein, and rather more listenable, is a recent ambient concept album by Air. They released a Music for Museum<\/em> album a few years back as a limited-edition vinyl gatefold album, which is probably why I missed it. It’s somewhat similar in concept to Eno’s famous Music for Airports<\/em>, but evoking wandering through a big museum. The four best tracks are on YouTube, where they effectively form an E.P. version…<\/p>\n

Reverse Bubble<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Dream of Yi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Integration Desintegration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Octogum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Walls of R’lyeh: A Tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft. A multi-band compilation album from Gates of Hypnos, a Russian curator …<\/p>\n

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