Skinwell - Tunnels


.Angle.Rec.

.Angle.Rec. is one of those labels that doesn't stop being intriguing. Somehow they just keep on finding the hidden treasures and well-kept secrets and they offer them a chance to be heard. In the past we've been able to hear for example The Missing Ensemble, Grzgl, LCDEP, Nos Royaumes and Vromb, and with this latest release from the new project Skinwell ... Another secret door has opened to a realm from where we never heard of before.

Skinwell is a project from the for me unknown Christian Corvellec and Martin Dumais, who we know of Aun (releasing mostly on Oral). The result is a tension filled combination built from heavily manipulated layers. Sounds which origin leaves a lot of room to be discussed, at other moments heavy guitar-drone layers which bring back memories from Maeror Tri of the noisey output of Troum.

This is an album which does not have one boring moment, because every track has something different then the others. There is a lot of exploration to be done, which is one of those things of which I spoke earlier: That what makes an .Angle.Rec. release so specific.

The playtime of the first 7 (out of 8) tracks is between 4 and 9 minutes, which is a good length for the type of music (experimental guitar-ambient-noise). The last track however is the epic 16 minute 'Grim Coast', which is the least experimental, but it is a truly gorgeous ever developing drone.

With albums like 'Tunnels' you can only dream of living in Quebec and be confronted with this beauty day after day after ... Wait, hold ... You could also just order it!

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