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An Aligment of Various Things

Assembling 13 tracks from obscure compilations released from 2011-2012 by the various monikers of 910 Noise artist August (September) Traeger, a wide-ranging and captivating set of approaches to sound & noise work.

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Personnel:

August Traeger-Midi databending, pure data synthesis, electronics, non-electronics, mouth, hands, eyes

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Label: Bicephalic
Catalog ID: BC008
Squidco Product Code: 17367

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2012
Country: USA
Packaging: CD in a DVD snap case
Recorded between 2011 and 2012, by August Traeger.

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"During the years 2011 and 2012 Somnaphon released a number of tracks on various obscure compilations and assorted net-releases. This release culls a number of these tracks as well as some unreleased material into a cohesive and formal album format.

The works on An Alignment of Various Things range from databent sound sculptures (Eye Calypso), IDM-esque electro mind-fuckery (Batch Leg 34-2, Kardiness) and manic process-oriented midi clusterbombs (My Final Auto-Rotating Shirt, Play) to downtempo glitch electronica (Slow Violet) and electro-acoustic drone work (Hemretic Poles, The Water Sun)."-Somnaphone

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Track Listing:

1. eye calypso 4:53

2. batch leg 34-2 2:29

3. spermpuncher 5:11

4. rectangle 0:59

5. play 3:42

6. kardiness 2:55

7. slow violet 6:30

8. my final auto-rotating shirt 3:28

9. vagt fragment 3:52

10. my super fantastic phishing scam 3:23

11. melchor to benque 3:10

12. hemretic poles 5:52

13. the water sun 14:53

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