Rapoon
Rapoon, «From Shadows Sleep», Essence Music, 2006
Una magnífica edición limitada de 800 copias en una bien diseñada caja de cartón y dentro de ella incluye dibujos exclusivos en papel reciclado realizados por el propio Robin Storey, es editada por el sello de Minas Gerais, Brazil, Essence-Music, el que también ha editado a Merzbow y a Henrik Nordvargr Björkk, entre otros y que se publican en ediciones muy finas.
Storey, ex fundador de :zoviet*france, viene sacando discos desde 1992 y posee una discografía de 37 discos combinando lo étnico con las corrientes post-industrial y ambient.
Antiguas grabaciones fueron utilizadas y nuevos elementos fueron agregados por Storey a la obra original. Es como si dicha obra hubiera quedado inconclusa y es una forma de recordar el sonido que se pierde en la memoria. De ahí el título del álbum.
La música de Rapoon se desarrolla en atmósferas hipnóticas a base de loops, sampleos de percusiones y cánticos étnicos. Los sonidos se repiten y nos dejamos llevar a un trance.
«From Shadows Sleep» nos permite visitar aquellos ambientes de sus primeros discos como «Raising Earthly Spirits» [1992] y «Fallen Gods» [1994], ambos editados en Staalplaat que, en mi opinión, nos sigue sugiriendo pasajes antiguos y remotos de gran misterio.
www.essence-music.com y www.pretentious.net/Rapoon
Guillermo Escudero
Septiembre 2006
Rapoon, From Shadows Sleep, Essence Music, 2006
This album is glossy limited edition of 800 copies in fine designed cardboard box that includes exclusive drawings in recycled paper made by Robin Storey, who is a former member of :zoviet*france.
From Shadows Sleep is released on Essence-Music based in the Southeast of Brazil, that also has published Merzbow and Henrik Nordvargr Björkk, among others artists published in very fine editions as well.
Robin Storey founded Rapoon in 1992 and has a wide discography of 37 albums within the ambient, ethnic and postindustrial genres.
Old recordings were used and new elements were added by Storey to the original work. It is as if this work had been uncompleted and is a way to remember the sound that gets lost in the memory. For this reason the name of the album.
The music of Rapoon produced hypnotic atmospheres with loops, ethnic samples of percussions and ancient chants. The sounds are repeated and we let ourselves to a trance-induce mood.
From Shadows Sleep is a return to his roots of his early albums such as Raising Earthly Spirits [1992] and Fallen Gods [1994], both released on Staalplaat, since continues suggesting old and remote passages with a great mystery.
www.essence-music.com y www.pretentious.net/Rapoon
Guillermo Escudero
September 2006
