The Centre Cannot Hold

by Ben Frost

The Centre Cannot Hold cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 September 2017
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 50:00
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in Chicago with legendary audio engineer Steve Albini, the Iceland-based Australian composer translates his digital soundscapes through intense, live-room acoustics. The album captures an incredibly physical, seasick atmosphere, relying on unstable synthesizer frequencies and violent dynamic shifts. It serves as a terrifying, wordless representation of geopolitical instability and impending environmental collapse.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, atmospheric, instrumental, droning, ferocious

Tracklist

  1. Threshold of Faith (6:35)
  2. A Sharp Blow in Passing (5:13)
  3. Trauma Theory (4:42)
  4. A Single Hellfire Missile Costs $100,000 (0:12)
  5. Eurydice's Heel (5:07)
  6. Meg Ryan Eyez (2:50)
  7. Ionia (6:48)
  8. Healthcare (3:32)
  9. All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated (8:15)
  10. Entropy in Blue (6:42)

Credits

  • Nico Muhly - performer [performed with]
  • Shahzad Ismaily - performer [performed with]
  • Sk煤li Sverrisson - performer [performed with]
  • Judy Miller Silverman - public relations
  • Zoe Miller - public relations
  • Ben Frost - Primary Artist

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