Within the Gaze, A Shadhavar by Kepla - Alien Jams [AJO12]

Within the Gaze, A Shadhavar

Kepla

A 2 track ambient album (36m 53s) — released October 25th 2019 on Alien Jams

#electronic #ambient

Kepla's debut full-length, and his first release for Alien Jams, is an album of two contrasting approaches to collage-making. Derived entirely from field recordings and salvaged audio collected from online sample libraries, Within The Gaze, A Shadhavar is an impressionistic statement inspired by narratives of alienation and ruin.

The title itself refers to the mythical creature Shadhavar, "whose horn of hollow branches sounded sweetness or discord depending on the direction of the wind." The album's two long-form pieces - "The Angel Is You" and "Latent Mirror" - are opposites on multiple levels. The opening track's cacophonous, full-spectrum sound is contrasted by the broad brushstrokes and the patient breaths on the second piece, and their themes - of "the ongoingness of life" and "a sense of resignation", respectively - couldn't be more different. As a whole, they represent an astute aural meditation on perception, reality and our sense of belonging.

Consisting of two long sound collages, Kepla uses field recordings and audio salvaged from online sample libraries to create what the label describes as “an impressionistic statement inspired by narratives of alienation and ruin.” - Fact Mag Publication

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