Virgins

by Tim Hecker

Virgins cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 14, 2013
  • Label: Kranky, Paper Bag
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 48:45
  • Community rating: 4.22/5 from 19 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'Virgins', Tim Hecker pivots from pure ambient textures towards a more confrontational and percussive sound, constructed from live ensemble recordings of piano, woodwinds, and synthesizers. The resulting compositions are intentionally out of phase and rhythmically disjointed, creating a raw, abstract, and visceral palette that feels both meticulously sculpted and chaotically beautiful. This approach melds acoustic dissonance with electronic processing to evoke a sense of exhilarating bleakness and primal awe.

Genres

Descriptors: distorted, maximalist, abrasive, crescendo, dissonant, ambient, droning, piano, textured, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Prism (02:53)
  2. Virginal I (06:16)
  3. Radiance (03:22)
  4. Live Room (07:01)
  5. Live Room Out (02:37)
  6. Virginal II (05:23)
  7. Black Refraction (03:33)
  8. Incense at Abu Ghraib (01:53)
  9. Amps, Drugs, Harmonium (03:03)
  10. Stigmata I (02:18)
  11. Stigmata II (03:56)
  12. Stab Variation (06:30)

Credits

  • Tim Hecker - mixing, piano, synthesizers
  • Ben Frost - performing, engineering
  • Gr铆mur Helgason - performing, woodwinds
  • Kara-Lis Coverdale - performing, keyboards, piano
  • Paul Matthew Moore - performing
  • Valgeir Sigur冒sson - performing, mixing
  • Paul Corley - engineering
  • Randall Dunn - engineering
  • Mandy Parnell - mastering
  • David Nakamoto - design, layout

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