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Frans De Waard reviews Witchcraft CD Reissue on Vital Weekly

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Frans De Waard reviews Witchcraft CD Reissue on Vital Weekly

… The title piece opens the release, and it’s almost 19 minutes, the longest one. With the sound of the soprano saxophone recorded in a cave and heavily processed along with the DX7, this is a very moody, dark ambient piece. It is not a strict drone, but it sounds slowly morphing and re-shaping in a gentle, slow manner. The other track forms a similar trajectory of slow-moving electronic sounds; ‘A-Ro-Go-Go-Ru’ almost sounds like a prolonged piece of modern electronics. ‘A-thele-ber-Seth’ is an even slower, more drone-oriented piece of music with a bit of those granular bendings. ‘Schmumm’, the unreleased and most recent (1989) piece on this release, is a work of heavily treated field recordings, including a church with a female choir. This is perhaps the most traditional ritualistic piece of music on this CD, and still something I enjoy…

Read the full review on Vital Weekly Number 1457 – Week 43 – 10/22/2024

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