New Maps of Hell

by Paul Sch眉tze

New Maps of Hell cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1992
  • Label: Extreme
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 52:43
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating distinctly within the tribal ambient sphere, the Australian composer meticulously layers complex polyrhythms beneath eerie, jazz-inflected synthesizer drones. The resulting atmosphere is heavily cinematic, functioning as a surreal, dystopian soundtrack that merges the pulse of world percussion with cybernetic dark jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, atmospheric, sampling, ambient, droning, bleak, minimal

Tracklist

  1. The Eraser (2:31)
  2. Topology Of A Phantom City (16:31)
  3. The Velvet Horizon (6:13)
  4. Eating The First Map (2:13)
  5. Sacred Agents (7:14)
  6. Doubts About Waking (4:48)
  7. The Mutant Beautific (3:37)
  8. A Soul Reports (9:36)

Credits

  • Bill McDonald - bass
  • Richard Grant - cover [cover illustrations], illustration [cover illustrations], typography
  • Peter Jones - drums
  • Frank Lipsome - edited by [digital editing]
  • Gareth Vanderhope - effects [atmospheres]
  • Mark Stafford - guitar
  • Fran莽ois T茅taz - percussion
  • Peter Neville - percussion

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