Challenger

by Burning Star Core

Challenger cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 2008
  • Label: Hospital
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:03
  • Community rating: 3.07/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

C. Spencer Yeh meticulously constructs this sprawling noise epic from manipulated violin scrapes, tape loops, and dense electronics. Far more composed than much of his improvisational output, the record masterfully builds a genuinely frightening and claustrophobic sonic environment.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, noisy, scary, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Challenger (4:53)
  2. Beauty Hunter (5:25)
  3. Through The Bars Of A Rhyme (2:11)
  4. Mezzo Forte (3:58)
  5. No Memories, No Plans (3:00)
  6. Hopelessly Devoted (3:25)
  7. Mysteries Of The Organ (6:00)
  8. Un Coeur En Hiver (4:11)

Credits

  • Burning Star Core - primary artist
  • Robert Beatty - artwork [outer booklet, tray and disc art by], jew's harp [mouth harp]
  • Trevor Tremaine - guitar

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