Elemental

by Demdike Stare

Elemental cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 27 February 2012
  • Label: Modern Love
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:54:54
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally released as a series of four highly sought-after vinyl EPs before being compiled, 'Elemental' captures the Manchester duo at the height of their occult-tinged experimentalism. The project weaves obscure library music samples and arcane field recordings into oppressive, cavernous drone soundscapes. It effectively blurs the lines between industrial club frameworks and esoteric dark ambient rituals.

Genres

Descriptors: scary, rhythmic, bassy, occult

Tracklist

  1. New Use for Old Circuits (5:04)
  2. Mephisto's Lament (5:23)
  3. Kommunion (Alternate Version) (8:28)
  4. Unction (Alternate Version) (5:04)
  5. Mnemosyne (5:24)
  6. Shade (3:20)
  7. In the Wake of Chronos (Alternate Version) (5:52)
  8. Floor Stairwell (3:47)
  9. Violetta (6:40)
  10. Metamorphosis (6:50)
  11. All This Is Ours (Sunrise) (7:16)
  12. Erosion of Mediocrity (7:09)
  13. Nuance (7:41)
  14. Falling off the Edge (Alternate Version) (10:24)
  15. Dauerlinie (5:37)
  16. Dasein (6:24)
  17. We Have Already Died (7:04)
  18. Ishmael's Intent (7:23)

Credits

  • Demdike Stare - primary artist
  • Andy Votel - artwork
  • Miles Whittaker - written-by [uncredited]
  • Sean Canty - written-by [uncredited]

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