A Biology of Shadows, by Koenraad Ecker

A Biology of Shadows

by Koenraad Ecker

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Dotflac You enter a pitch black anechoic chamber. You'd expect absolute silence, the quintessence of nothingness. But such a thing doesn't exist, you should have guessed it.

You are unwittingly disrupting the balance, and a visceral feeling literally draws the uncanny outlines of your worst enemy : yourself. We start to have doubts about our identity, reassessing our sanity, looking for an invisible presence over our shoulder. But it's the right thing to do to overcome our fears.

A biology of silence. Favorite track: Between the desire and the spasm (falls the shadow).

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	1.	Les entrailles du mensonge 04:49
	2.	Between the desire and the spasm (falls the shadow) 04:21
	3.	Black blocks and red zones 05:03
	4.	Under glass Argus eyes 01:47
	5.	L'incendio Genovese (In memoriam Carlo Giuliani) 05:40
	6.	Canaries in the coalmine 05:01
	7.	The sardonic birds of Costaguana 06:46
	8.	Luegenmaerchen 04:15
	9.	Only a skinned earth contains no shadows 05:50

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(...)

the undergrowth is restless
the seer has read the entrails of the lie :
one, five, ten, seventeen -
the sequence will unfold

precarious roots will twine upwards
swirling, sizzling, unwavering
stifling stone-deaf walls into crystalline dust

transforming cold symbols into mutual aid
as the slanted orange rain bows to the inevitable :
the empire is tired
its armour weak

after black blocks, red zones and white lies
a sparrow will emerge from this wound
tearing away the masks of consent, separating

substance and value
hope and distrust
viscera and illuminated skin

I approach the shadow
And make the cut

(...)

credits

released February 23, 2018

Alex „Bogues“ Rendall – Voice on A2 and A4
Audrey Chen – Voice on A5
Chris Heenan (contrabass clarinet), Kai Fagaschinski (clarinet) and Michael Thieke (clarinet) on A2, B1,B3andB4.
Luca Marini - drums on B2

All music composed & recorded by Koenraad Ecker, Berlin & London 2015-2017
Texts on A2 and A4 written by Alex Rendall
The clarinet source material on B1, B3 and B4 was collectively composed by C. Heenan, K. Fagaschinski, M. Thieke and K. Ecker

Artwork by Alison Darby

Mastered & Cut by Rashad Becker

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