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ARCANE DEVICE  Devices 1987-2007  2 x CD   (Monochrome Vision)   14.98


Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, sound artist David Myers released a sizeable body of work under the name Arcane Device, using a variety of unique hand-made feedback generators that he built himself to craft exquisitely lush fields of black isolationist sound and otherwordly aural terrain that blooms with textural noise and heavy analogue throb. Arcane Device created some extremely unique and immersive electronic dronescapes that have, unfortunately, been overlooked by many fans of dark industrial droneology, which is partially due to the fact that many of his older releases have been out of print and tough to come by. This new reissue from the Russian industrial label Monochrome Vision is a welcome reinstatement of a large chunk of Arcane Device's out of print material, and the two discs included here are packed with rare Arcane Device tracks collected from compilations on Subterranean Records, Tragic Figures, SFCR Tapes, and Generations Unlimited, as well as some unreleased material that was unearthed and remastered in 2007 for this release. The second disc is titled Feedback Symphony, and is a series of four movements created from source material taken from various recordings made throughout Arcane Device's existence. The sounds gathered here are cold and otherworldy, ranging from deep resonant drones and weird cosmic ambience to orchestrations of fearsome feedback sweeps and manipulated sinewaves, sometimes brutal and harsh, mostly softer and subdued and droning, a series of utterly alien tone poems and hard metallic dronescapes that exist in a similiar realm as the no-input electronic sculptures of Mika Vainio and Ryoji Ikeda. Limited edition of 500 copies in jewelcase with liner notes by Myers.


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