- When
- Feb 2009
This is a release on Type Records, the label I co-founded with John Xela. John was responsible for its musical output; I contributed in the first few years on design and running the label. The catalogue is archived here for posterity.
'Kappe' is Erik Skodvin's sophomore effort under the Svarte Greiner moniker and continues his blackened underworld cruise, furthering the mysterious cinematic sound of debut 'Knive'. The album's opener 'Tunnel of Love' may be the noisiest piece Skodvin has produced to date, with a death-rattle of chains accompanying his patented maritime bass drone. Skodvin is joined by Ultralyd saxophonist Kjetil Møster on 'Candle Light Dinner Actress', and the most startling change is his incorporation of the electric guitar — 'Mystery Man' harnesses feedback into loops of distressing, pained melancholy bringing to mind Skullflower or a slow-motion Sonic Youth.
Made at Type.
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