Vatican Shadow — Kneel Before Religious Icons (TYPE105)
- When
- Mar 2012
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.
Dominick Fernow might be best known for his industrial incantations under the Prurient moniker, but his interest in electronic music comes to a frothy head with his Vatican Shadow project. Revolving around themes gleaned from Iraq war propaganda and yellowing stacks of newspaper clippings, the tracks find drum machine rhythms beating out memories of early Ministry and AFX behind a wall of tape hiss, while sickly FM synthesizer pads crawl and heave into the abyss. 'Kneel Before Religious Icons' is electronic music fished from the troubled depths of militarized suspicion, and all the better for it.
Made at Type.
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Earlier in music: Walks a Big Game. Later in music: Mike Shiflet — Merciless.