K11
Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D.
2010
Actual Noise
[drone, noise, experimental]
MF (40 MB, rip: UAX)
From the Actual Noise website:
"K11 is the nom de plume of the Italian sound artist Pietro Riparbelli. Continuing with his interest in cathedrals, with the new K11 release “Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D.”, Riparbelli entered Assisi Cathedral in the Umbria region of Italy, not far from Riparelli’s hometown of Tuscany; the 1230 A.D. in the album’s title referring to the date of completion of the original cathedral. Audio was recorded in the cathedral’s lower basilica, the oldest area, where the actual relics of St. Francis Of Assisi are kept. Again utilizing short-wave radios as his primary “instrument” Riparbelli has captured a haunting array of cavernous sounds, displaced signals and found ambiance. With the addition of some voice and organ elements, Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D. sounds not unlike the recordings of experimentalists Philip Jeck and William Basinski under the influence of Crowleyean Magick and Sacred Geometry. A psychedelic meditation from some medieval crypt captured out of time in the present."
It's very good, definitely one of the year's best. If you like it, make sure you get yourself a copy here.
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