UK EDITION, CASSETTE-ONLY MIX
Pro-dubbed smokey brown cassette with pro-printed inlay and full body digital UV shell print, in a clear library case
Limited to 100 copies world-wide
Catalogue No: CN309
Includes unlimited streaming of
The Problem Is In The Sender - Do Not Tamper With The Receiver
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
DOWNLOAD DIGITAL DIRECT FROM THE ARTIST:
https://hypnodroneensemble.bandcamp.com
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"On ‘Transit’, the drummers pound away pleasingly as the guitars wrap around like sandstorms and vocalist Lane Shi Otayonii of Elizabeth Colour Wheel intones through the sonic thicket. ‘Desdemona’ combines jazzy tendencies with pastoral post-rock. ‘Underdogs’ builds gradually towards its blistering crescendo. There’s a gothy Cure feel to the moody ‘Alchemia’. Given that it’s over 25 minutes long, ‘Punctum’ is a bonus track on some formats but if you’re a fan of the rest of it you won’t want to miss out on that epic either."
- JR Moores, The Quietus
https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/psych-rock/psychedelic-music-review-redd-kross-fu-manchu-shit-and-shine/
"Improvisational music can be guilty of veering towards the self-indulgent, but that's far from the case here thanks to a highly assured collection of songs. Strongly recommended. "
- Reza Mills, Clean Sheets
https://rezamills.wixsite.com/clean-sheets-record/post/hypnodrone-ensemble-the-problem-is-in-the-sender-do-not-tamper-with-the-receiver
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Canadian experimental guitarists Aidan Baker (Nadja, Caudal, Tavare) & Eric Quach (Thisquietarmy) originally formed Hypnodrone Ensemble in Berlin, Germany in 2014, along with the drummers Felipe Salazar (Caudal), Jérémie Mortier, and David Dunnett, to explore the conjunctions of atmospheric space-rock and shoegaze with motorik, krautrock-ish, propulsive beats to offer immersive, psychedelic, and transportive performances. While these five musicians formed the original core of the group, members have regularly changed over the years and, besides stalwarts Baker and Quach, currently features Angela Martinez Muñoz (nunofyrbeeswax, Tavare), Fiona McKenzie (Halma) and Sara Neidorf (Mellowdeath, Aptera). This line-up, along with bassist Gareth Sweeney (Caudal) and guest vocalist Lane Shi Otayonii (otay:onii, Elizabeth Colour Wheel), toured in Europe in the spring of 2023 with a pause on 1 May for a recording session set up by Heartnoize at Punctum in Prague, CZ.
The result is The Problem Is in the Sender - Do Not Tamper with the Receiver, featuring material from the May 2023 Punctum sessions and to be released on vinyl by Wolves & Vibrancy (DE), CD by WV Sorcerer (FR), and cassette by Katuktu Collective (US) and Cruel Nature (UK)
https://hypnodroneensemble.bandcamp.com
LP:
https://wolvesandvibrancyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-problem-is-in-the-sender-do-not-tamper-with-the-receiver and Wolves And Vibrancy Big Cartel site.
CD:
https://wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/album/the-problem-is-in-the-sender-do-not-tamper-with-the-receiver
Cassette (US):
https://katuktucollective.bandcamp.com/album/the-problem-is-in-the-sender-do-not-tamper-with-the-receiver
"[T]hunderous polyrhythmically driven rock ensemble."
The Wire - May 2022 (Issue 459)
"[A]s experimental as it gets, brimming with space rock synths and drones that enlarge and expand, gradually engulfing the listener."
Astral Noize
"[D]rones gradually worming their way into the conscience amid a soothing bath of synthesisers and rock-steady drums; Pink Floyd would be proud."
Invicta Magazine
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