MIRROR - Islands 2xLP @ 225 VBR - Die Stadt, Germany, 2001
"Islands" finds Mirror returning to the guitar with much more successful results.
Sprawling across four sides of translucent blue vinyl, "Islands" seemlessly melts both studio sessions and live recordings from a series of recent shows in Austin, Texas.
Like all of Mirror's albums, "Islands" appears as a fragment of a much larger composition which extends well beyond the temporal constraints of any given media.
Complex ever-shifting drones and mercurial tonalities belie the instrumentation being solely guitars, as field recordings of rainstorms and shadowy metallic striations emerge within Mirror's thick ambient wash.
Of course, it's recommended.
- Aquarius Records, San Francisco
Sides A & B
Sides C & D
posted by Over The Moon at
12:02 AM
4 Comments:
Holy smokes, where do you get this stuff? This is fantastic!
Amazing.
I'd never have heard this if you hadn't posted it. Thaks.
Glad to see you back! And with a vengeance!
Concerning Islands, you don't happen to have the 7" that was sent with the first copies bought directly at Die Stadt? (I came too late on this one, and that's about all I miss from the Mirror discography, now that you have provided me with Pedestrian/Nocturne ;))
I notice this is still available from Die Stadt, - just ordered a copy after downloading and listening...
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