Two new Bottle Imp Productions albums are now available via iTunes
Third release by Bramble. Deep ambient / drone work.
Life Toward Twilight, “An Eclipse”
Re-release of Life Toward Twilight’s extremely limited edition 2003 3″ album. Ambient, otherworldly soundscapes.
Other Bottle Imp Productions albums available on iTunes:
Blaerg, “Dysphoric Sonorities”
Life Toward Twilight, “Blood”
A new review has been posted of Bramble’s new album, “Emergence” by Absolute Zero Media:
“Remember the days when Dark ambience use to scare the shit out of you when label like Dark Vinyl, Soleilmoon, CMI, Eibon and Cold Spring were so mysterious you wondered if they had unlocked the gate to the 8th level of hell to let these sounds out. Well Bramble does that to me again. Deep Drifting Drones and Tones that are so Demonic in nature you get the chill down your spine. You feel like you need to keep looking over your shoulder in the dark for something, but it’s never there. The crazy thing of it all is all this is done by two human voices manipulated and effected through electronic and mixing technologies. Bramble would make Mike Patton proud as he was the 1st I hear to do this with his ” Adult Themes” CD on Tzadik. If you enjoy artist like Daniel Menche, Drakh, Lull and Lustmord then you have opened the door to a new favorite release. It is ultra minimal at time then other moments it builds up a bit but never to climax. Terrified Drifting through the bleak , black of nothingness alone this is the sounds you mind would create as the madness seeps in. Bramble is a fantastic creation and this is there third so now I have two other I have to hunt out and listen too. “
Purchase:
CD from Bottle Imp Productions
Amazon MP3
eMusic
Napster
A new review has been posted by Cosmos Gaming for Blaerg’s, “Dysphoric Sonorities“:
When one hears the word breakcore, it is not uncommon to think of the resulting band/artist to be primarily hip hop focused. But Toledo, Ohio based Blaerg (pronounced blarg), the musical project of Scott Wehman, is quite different from your typical breakcore act. Mixing the drum ‘n bass influences with ambient and industrial styles, Blaerg’s third album Dysphoric Sonorities is a unique experience that should be approached with an open mind, but is also one that will be a memorable and enjoyable journey to those who give it a chance.
Right off the bat, Blaerg’s music hits you with electronic drums that get up to extremely high beats per minute. But though there are plenty of moments that sound like traditional house and drum ‘n bass, there are also prevalent jazz, ambient, and industrial influences as well. Scott Wehman lists Frank Zappa as an influence and this definitely shows throughout the course of Dysphoric Sonorities thanks to the sheer level of variety and on the fly transitions. It may be a little hard to take in at once, but the sense of exploration and atmosphere felt throughout this album is sure to bring the adventurous back time and time again. As for vocals, there isn’t any singing but instead occasional spoken word as well as the use of sound bites. But it should be mentioned that when these appear, they are used to enhance the instrumentals rather than to steal the focus from them. Overall, Blaerg’s style feels wholly unique and will definitely warrant repeat listens.
Blaerg has produced ambient experimental breakcore; something I’m not quite sure has been done before. And while it is likely to remain a fairly small niche, there’s definitely something enjoyable and impressive about what Scott Wehman has managed to accomplish with this album. As long as you don’t have anything against electronic music and are open to the experimental, Dysphoric Sonorities certainly deserves to have a spot in your collection.
Now available in a variety of formats.
Bramble, “Emergence”
Now available from Bottle Imp Productions.
You wake from a fever dream suspended in darkness. Your arms, hands, fingers are heavy. You feel the weight of your fingernails pulling you down, down, down into the soft darkness echoing below you. You feel the darkness fold around you; a shroud, a chrysalis, a womb, whispering to you. It molds to your form, encapsulating you, covering you, entering you. Its gentle caress hums to you comfortingly.
You open your eyes. You see strings of darkness vibrating in tune to emptiness. A searchlight rotating from an unlocatable source catches something in its beam. Floating before you, thin, light, softly formed. With each passing of light you see more of its shape. You identify the arc of its outline, the contours of its fold. You reach for it. You stretch your arms before you and push against the darkness, pulling yourself forward. And your fingertips graze it; soft and smooth, satiny, firm and delicate. The soft fragrance of summer courtyards slips past you. You grasp it and look around you. You stand in an empty room. Car engines, slips of television and radio leak in around you. You hold the wrinkled remains of a single rose petal in your hands.
“Emergence,” the third release by Bramble, is an audio escape. Soft reverberations, gentle tones and atmospheric hums skillfully lull a listener into a subtle, mental wandering which then slowly releases them back into reality. They emerge into the light, blinking and squinting from its relative magnitude.
Purchase:
Buy CD (Comes with free, high quality MP3 download)
Download
Amazon MP3
eMusic
Napster
Rhapsody
Free 128kbps from Bottle Imp Produtions
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