{"product_id":"crusta-arcana-archimboldos-lp-copy","title":"Crusta Arcana - Archimboldos LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 200 copies, co-release with Psychic Sounds. comes with insert.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArchimboldos\u003c\/strong\u003e have clawed their way out of the starcaves of their primordial past and into the tranquil light of a coral garden on\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etheir third full length album, Crusta Arcana, a gumbo stewpot of transcendent electronica suffused with tribal rhythms and liquid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eambience. Across a stereo field smeared with tolling bells, post-industrial folk percussion, and tinkling keys, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchimboldos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esoundtrack a science fictional journey, not into the depths of space, but deep beneath the waves. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the past the Chilean duo of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicolás Carcavilla\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFelipe Crocco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have described their music as “liminal shrimp folk.” Here they continue this strange\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexploration when they visit the court of the prawns, producing stately electronic chamber orchestrations. Perhaps these are the frequencies used for ritual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edream initiation into the mystery schools of drowned\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Atlantis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Weaving an ancient sacred science, Archimboldos take listeners on a mystic vovage into their\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esingular crustacean mythology, the crusta of their hidden arcana. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArchimbolodos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are masters of conjoining cyclonic and centrifugal lines of electricity into spellbinding incantations. These deep-sea transmissions envelope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe listener into aquamarine forcefields that are as hallucinatory as they are hypnotic. Navigating these strange fantasias could lead one to getting lost at sea,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut the work is buoyed by the somnolent melodies of lonely harpsichords and swelling synth pads whose sustained tones reach towards distant shores.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSailing across a vast expanse of oceanic harmonies and percolating percussion, these pieces are as precise as the hand of a sailor on the rudder, moving\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith the tide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCasting their net wide across eight pieces, Archimboldos have made a big catch. From the emotive electronic counterpoint found on “Bursting Armor” to the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eblocks of seaweed tangled sonic sculpture trawled up from the ocean floor on “Aphelion IX.” Other songs are like samples of biological ambience collected\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom luminous tide pools: resplendent tones placed into a Petri dish of sound, swirled, cultured and fermented until it undulates with the rhythmic movement of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emicroscopic lifeforms. Alternating between rippling minimalist sonority and pounding, progressive, synth-heavy entrancement, Crusta Arcana charts its own\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eidiosyncratic itinerary of instrumental invention. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll the while light is down streaming from the heavens to pierce the waters, here calm, there choppy. The intrepid musical captains commanding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchimboldos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have laid a course for new archipelagos of the imagination, guided by heavenly constellations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eJustin Patrick Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of The Radio Phonics Laboratory, Telecommunications, Speech Synthesis and the Birth of Electronic Music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n  \u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1427228832\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/aguirrerecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/crusta-arcana\"\u003eCrusta Arcana by Archimboldos\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Aguirre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54638580040019,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1456\/0366\/files\/CRUSTA-ARCANA-front_d2df12a2-931c-4ba8-85a5-94a2251469ec.jpg?v=1772706591","url":"https:\/\/www.aguirrerecords.com\/products\/crusta-arcana-archimboldos-lp-copy","provider":"Aguirre Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}