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Psychogeographical Commission, the : Genius Loci CDR 9.58EUR

Named after the Roman mythological 'Spirit of the Place' the Psychogeographical Commission's debut album attempts to explore further the Psychogeographical nature of our built enviroment and is therefore written to be played whilst interacting with a city, but it sounds equally great on a stereo.

"The Psychogeographical Commission was formed at the start of 2008 to explore the many interfaces between the built environment and the people who inhabit it through dérive, magick and sonic experimentation. After a great deal of time wandering the back streets of London and other large cities looking for the spirits which now dwell within them, we came to the conclusion that the psychological make-up of cities is now at odds with the populations inherent rural based mythology. People aren't evolving to cope with cities fast enough to keep up with the constantly shifting cityscape. To start approaching a remedy for this we set about creating music which blurs the line between the real and imagined landscapes in order to allow individuals to revaluate their own mythologies and provide new ideas to bring them closer to harmony with their urban surroundings."

Total playing time 54 minutes. Pro-duplicated CDR comes in large fold-out sleeve that looks lke a tourist map. Limited edition of 250 copies, hand-numbered.

"An original approach to CURRENT 93-ish folk, with half-spoken vocals and a great usage of previously unused ideas plus the original theme is what makes the first half of the album enjoyable. The ambient tracks are also very nice pretty much all of the time, but they aren’t quite as original. Which is understandable, ambient will always be ambient, but it’s both creative and evocative so thumbs up! After nearly one hour of experimental folk and deranged sound collages, the disc stops spinning. I’m pretty sure it will start all over again soon enough though! This is a fine release from far down the underground and it screams for you to go look for it." (The Shadows Commence)

Lisätty katalogiin: 04.03.2009.