Sleeping on Lotus Ashes is Sebastian Prelar's mobile sound laboratory which carefully examines experimental, acousmatic and electroacoustic music derived
from mangled field recordings and self oscillating sound artifacts of all kinds. This principle of crushing and transforming soundbits so they gain a new
identity within a new context led to the album title "Crushed Identity". There are some resemblences inherent to the tape splicing work of
Musique Concrète with a high degree of abstraction. The modus operandi is a machine driven orchestration as a sequence of related events, like a story
play without a line of text to add. Crude fragments rush in with a vengeance, creating a whirlpool of dynamics with little opportunities for a sign of
relief, though there is a considerate degree of variation in the pieces. "Myoelectric Prosthetic Scabs" even resembles a feedback based, multilayered
drone, though not entirely abandoning the rhythmic layers of clicks and cuts.
Olliver Wichmann
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| 1. | Deconstruction of Geronimo's Cortex | 15 min 43 sec | 36'846 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 2. | Failure of the Material | 8 min 33 sec | 20'066 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 3. | Drowning in a Septic Tank | 8 min 40 sec | 20'320 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 4. | Poisoned Milk from Rotten Breasts | 7 min 17 sec | 17'904 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 5. | Scrap Theater | 9 min 39 sec | 22'636 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 6. | It's leaking through the Hole of your Skull | 8 min 40 sec | 20'346 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 7. | Myoelectric Prosthetic Scabs | 15 min 02 sec | 35'272 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| Artwork | Cover art for prints | 2'519 KB | jpg at 300 dpi | |
| Everything | Entire release plus artwork | 166.4 MB | zip archive |
Music © 2011 Sebastian Prelar and the Petcord netlabel.
Cover art © 2011 Synflict.