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Apsides

by Black Aleph

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Alice M.
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Alice M. Very interesting mix of styles and influences. The cover art is an uncannily apt description of the result, so I won’t even try to add more on this topic.
A bit short, but obviously this needs support so that we can get more later. 😉 (And I guess this still required loooots of work.) Favorite track: Return.
Sundaywalkers
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Sundaywalkers Un disco che merita più di un ascolto per essere apprezzato pienamente ma che riesce a rapire l'ascoltatore. Veramente una bellissima scoperta
anousheh
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anousheh Can you please play at The Red House in Earlwood.?
It’s a beautiful space that perfectly matches your music. 🙃🖤
akratus
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akratus Black Aleph creates an impeccably evocative atmosphere that is dark, gloomy and yet brimming with powerful energy in a way I have never heard before.
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    Black Aleph's debut record Apsides, printed on 12" rust splattered vinyl. AU Variant. Limited to 150 copies. Pressed by Dunk Pressing.

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    Limited to 150 copies (23 copies in Australia - the rest available via Dunk Records).

    Black Aleph's debut record Apsides, printed on 12" rust splattered vinyl.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Apsides via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Test press of Black Aleph's debut record Apsides, printed on 12" rust splattered vinyl. Limited to 5 copies. Pressed by Dunk Pressing.

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1.
Descent 04:24
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Separation 03:23
5.
Precession 05:39
6.
Return 04:32
7.
Occultation 05:22

about

"Passionate, transcendent and graciously experimental, Black Aleph's music is aimed at people who can perceive the notes as prayers or thoughts rising to the cosmos." - Rocking.gr

"With Apsides, Black Aleph deliver an impressive debut that combines post-metal and doom into a powerful, almost spiritual sonic journey." - Amplified Mag

"Apsides is a staggering debut, equal parts meditative and devastating... Black Aleph have positioned themselves as an exciting new force in experimental music" - Sentinel Daily

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Black Aleph are a Sydney/Melbourne based experimental ensemble featuring Lachlan Dale (guitar/effects), Peter Hollo (cello/effects) and Timothy Johannessen (percussion).

On their debut album, the trio draw inspiration from diverse sources ranging from post-metal to middle-eastern modal music. Apsides features both composed and improvised pieces that involve the players layering live-loops, ritualistic-beats and doom-metal style musical variations that progressively unfold and build in intensity throughout the performance.

Black Aleph’s style has been compared to Justin Broderick, Neurosis, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor - though there is a borderline spiritual quality to the music that comes from the unique instrumentation: guitar, cello, and Iranian daf drum.

The sound is tectonic - apt for a record centred around concepts of orbital mechanics, like the notion of ‘apsis’, which is the points of extreme and least distance between a celestial and a primary body (sun-earth-moon) in an elliptical orbit. A second theme concerns the relationship between light and dark, or more specifically the difference between bodies that emit versus those that merely reflect light - and in-between those that obstruct it.

Apsides was recorded over a number of years by Tim Carr (We Lost The Sea) and mastered by Mell Dettmer (Earth, Sunn O))). Jessika Kenney lends her sublime voice to a number of tracks, as does Natalya Bing her violin.

The album cover artwork was created by Melbourne-based artist Darren Tanny Tan, whose process involves ‘destroying’ a solid surface using various materials and techniques, while the single artwork was produced by the Syrian artist Salah Alkhal.

credits

released October 25, 2024

Lachlan Dale: guitar, effects
Peter Hollo: cello
Timothy Johannessen: daf, setar

Jessika Kenney: vocals on tracks I, III, VII
Natalya Bing: violin on track II

Recorded by Tim Carr at Studio 301, Rancom St Studios and Kiln Studios
Mastered by Mell Dettmer at Studio Soli
Jessika Kenney recorded by Randall Dunn at Aleph Studios, NY

Artwork and design by Darren Tanny Tan

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Black Aleph Melbourne, Australia

blackened, droning post-metal and doom from Sydney + Melbourne // Eora + Naarm

debut album out late 2024

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