#85 - Old Haunts

by The Owl

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PadraigC Really great dark ambient synth tracks, experimental & bassy/deep. Favorite track: Structure Of The Void.

Walter Campbell Best OWL-related release yet! Getting some strong 400 Lonely Things and Pinkcourtesyphone vibes from this one. Favorite track: Lazy Drifter Rolls The Dice.

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1.	Romantic Dirge 09:30	lyrics
'Exhaustion took over. Everything was broken. It was time to build something new somewhere else.'
2.	Lazy Drifter Rolls The Dice 06:26	lyrics
'I was at the crossroads for months, years even. It was time to play a different game.'
3.	Protect Our Fuzzy Friends 05:05	lyrics
'Drastic steps were taken, to keep myself alive. Metaphorically murdering what I had become.'
4.	I Won't Cry Anymore 08:56	lyrics
'The tears are forever dry, now I have the key to surviving in this world.'
5.	Changing Track 05:07	lyrics
'Flashes of the future, knowing that I do live, keep me going forward.'
6.	Contemplating Loss 06:34	lyrics
'Endlessly processing everything; it felt infinite, but, it is complete.'
7.	Structure Of The Void 05:58	lyrics
'Staring out into the mists, as I put to rest everything toxic from before'
8.	Safe Inside The Matrix 04:14	lyrics
'Disoriented I dance away from the darkness'
9.	Crawling Kingdoms 09:39	lyrics
'Running towards the end of the difficult days'

about

61 minutes across 9 tracks, of solemn but uplifting, slow moving, intentionally lo-fi and crackling, cathartic dark drone sounds.

All source sounds are from recordings I've made that were never finished or fully released, dating back to my earliest pseudonym Whoever in 1996, up to June 2022.

Those sounds were deformed, reformed and reimagined between June 2nd and August 6th 2022.

Some of the original sounds were nearly lost into dust; broken or crumbling tapes, scratched and semi-corrupt CD back ups, which leads to the warped and weird effects I had to play with, which I then spent a long time making them even more warped and defective.

I hope the emotions in these sounds will shine through.
They have been very cathartic for me to work on.
See the 'lyrics' for some more insights into what this meant for me.

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credits

released September 1, 2022

Video for 'I Won't Cry Anymore':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfqCV3Y4RWM

Video for Safe Inside The Matrix:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUAc3_asGK8

All photos taken by me around Leeds in 2013, 2016 and 2020. I mention the years because, along with the origins of the sounds, it really shows that you never know when things will become more relevant and important than they were at the time.

This album is heavily influenced by the Utopia soundtrack by Cristobal Tapia de Veer, The Aphex Twin 'Selected Ambient Works Volume II', Tortoise 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die', William Basinski 'Disintegration Loops', The Caretaker - 'Everywhere At The End Of Time', plus my own listening and making of dark ambient and minimal music over the last 30 years.

Dark room and headphones for optimal results.
I promise no jolting surprises.
Thank you for listening.

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I want to say a huge thanks to Przemyslaw at Gates Of Hypnos for releasing this on his incredible and truly inspirational netlabel. He has been supportive of my endeavours for a while, and it is really fulfilling to be able to have an Owl release hosted on there.

Hundreds of releases here:
gatesofhypnos.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/gatesofhypnosandsadorituals
www.facebook.com/GATESofHYPNOS

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Album on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9OXeQDHVoY

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The Owl Orlová, Czechia

A/V experiments since first DIY tape in 1994

Many bands and projects until The Owl was born in 2018

The Owls were formed in December 2021.

Welcome to the rest of the journey.

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