Federico Balducci & fourthousandblackbirds : SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS
SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS is a pivot in Federico Balducci & fourthousandblackbirds’ ongoing collaboration: a time for death and rebirth through philosophical drone. Melding occult field-recordings with bone-shattering synthesis, the album casts an ominous air, a world filled with the fractured snippets of digital strings and orphaned voices. It’s decidedly macabre stuff, though pleasingly contemplative: contrasting layers of ambiance and distortion are masterfully weaved together to create a work is beautiful as often as it’s uncomfortable.
Exploring Albert Camus' Myth of Sisyphus and the philosophy of absurd, the duo question human existence through themes of the chemical process of decomposition of a corpse and resurrection, a mode of deconstruction and re-creation that is evident in their invocative sound world. What at times feels like the lost soundtrack to an art-house horror flick, at others comes across like the low-end rumble of a beat-less Berlin nightclub seeping through the floorboards.
Edition of 35 in a lavish eco black box, complete with CD, print/poster, art-book, and a perishable ‘seed-card’ bookmark.
Why a seed-card? The most ecological way to consume music is not to stream it, but to download it. Whilst we are a big fan of physical artifacts, we believe it is important to move away from the streaming model for digital goods.
Watch the video for ‘Once Calcium is Introduced…’ here.
SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS is a pivot in Federico Balducci & fourthousandblackbirds’ ongoing collaboration: a time for death and rebirth through philosophical drone. Melding occult field-recordings with bone-shattering synthesis, the album casts an ominous air, a world filled with the fractured snippets of digital strings and orphaned voices. It’s decidedly macabre stuff, though pleasingly contemplative: contrasting layers of ambiance and distortion are masterfully weaved together to create a work is beautiful as often as it’s uncomfortable.
Exploring Albert Camus' Myth of Sisyphus and the philosophy of absurd, the duo question human existence through themes of the chemical process of decomposition of a corpse and resurrection, a mode of deconstruction and re-creation that is evident in their invocative sound world. What at times feels like the lost soundtrack to an art-house horror flick, at others comes across like the low-end rumble of a beat-less Berlin nightclub seeping through the floorboards.
Edition of 35 in a lavish eco black box, complete with CD, print/poster, art-book, and a perishable ‘seed-card’ bookmark.
Why a seed-card? The most ecological way to consume music is not to stream it, but to download it. Whilst we are a big fan of physical artifacts, we believe it is important to move away from the streaming model for digital goods.
Watch the video for ‘Once Calcium is Introduced…’ here.
SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS is a pivot in Federico Balducci & fourthousandblackbirds’ ongoing collaboration: a time for death and rebirth through philosophical drone. Melding occult field-recordings with bone-shattering synthesis, the album casts an ominous air, a world filled with the fractured snippets of digital strings and orphaned voices. It’s decidedly macabre stuff, though pleasingly contemplative: contrasting layers of ambiance and distortion are masterfully weaved together to create a work is beautiful as often as it’s uncomfortable.
Exploring Albert Camus' Myth of Sisyphus and the philosophy of absurd, the duo question human existence through themes of the chemical process of decomposition of a corpse and resurrection, a mode of deconstruction and re-creation that is evident in their invocative sound world. What at times feels like the lost soundtrack to an art-house horror flick, at others comes across like the low-end rumble of a beat-less Berlin nightclub seeping through the floorboards.
Edition of 35 in a lavish eco black box, complete with CD, print/poster, art-book, and a perishable ‘seed-card’ bookmark.
Why a seed-card? The most ecological way to consume music is not to stream it, but to download it. Whilst we are a big fan of physical artifacts, we believe it is important to move away from the streaming model for digital goods.
Watch the video for ‘Once Calcium is Introduced…’ here.