The Sacrificial Code

by Kali Malone

The Sacrificial Code cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 June 2019
  • Label: iDEAL Recordings
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:15:29
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 11 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Sacrificial Code' is a major work of minimalist drone centered on long-form compositions for pipe organ. Malone employs specific, non-traditional tuning systems and a restrained, methodical performance style to create rich, shifting harmonic textures and psychoacoustic phenomena. The production utilizes close miking to remove natural reverb, resulting in a uniquely intimate and focused sound that emphasizes the organ's inner mechanics and magnifies the smallest shifts in tone, crafting an austere yet deeply resonant and meditative experience.

Genres

Descriptors: droning, minimal, ambient, long-form, repetitive, majestic

Tracklist

  1. Spectacle Of Ritual (10:53)
  2. Sacrificial Code (05:29)
  3. Rose Wreath Crown (for CW) (10:26)
  4. Sacer Profanare (08:48)
  5. Litanic Cloth Wrung (13:25)
  6. Fifth Worship II (07:50)
  7. Hagakyrka Bells (01:08)
  8. Sacrificial Code II (13:22)
  9. Sacrificial Code III (04:08)

Credits

  • Kali Malone - composed by, performer, recorded by, producer, photography by [gatefold photography], typography, art direction
  • Ellen Arkbro - performer [performed by], accompanied by, organ [featuring additional four-handed organ accompaniment by]
  • A.M. Rehm - artwork [art], photography by
  • A.M. - design, layout
  • Simon Ca帽ez-Sabus - design, layout
  • Rashad Becker - mastered by, lacquer cut by [cut]
  • Rasmus Persson - recorded by
  • Karl Sj枚lund - recorded by [recorded with assistance from]
  • Stephen O'Malley - recorded by [recording assistance]

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