#98 - Mother Nature Versus Father Time Part 2 | The Owl & Dan Clarke

#98 - Mother Nature Versus Father Time Part 2

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1.	Flying 04:00	lyrics
...as high as we can.
2.	Rejuvenation Of The Ozonosphere 09:30	lyrics
Unashamedly channeling Ufomammut massively in this one.
3.	Garden Of Monsters 03:06	lyrics
It had to go Sloth Hammer style at some point!
4.	The Chapel In The Ocean 02:20	lyrics
I advise you drink something sugary and fruity during this piece if you are able.
5.	Embrace The Surreal Paths 07:07	lyrics
This was called Fuzzy Wobbler right back to around August 2021 when I first edited this section from the whole jam. Once it was called that, it was never gonna change.. until January 2023, when I changed it to 'Embrace The Surreal Roads' in an attempt to keep things sounding professional all the way through, but, then I saw the picture that goes along with this track, and so it reverted back to being Fuzzy Wobbler... that was until the day of making things more final with the art, videos and such, then I made it 'Surreal Paths' instead... If you prefer it to be 'Fuzzy Wobbler', then just imagine it is called that instead! I hope, with the power of suggestion once again, that you will embrace this track.
6.	Introductio Ad Monumentalem 00:35	lyrics
Get comfortable (in Latin)
7.	The Monolithic 1855 Overture 18:55	lyrics
This tune exists because we love Corrupted and Bismuth, prog rock and black metal, massive riffs and epic journeys.

about

For those into their doom, sludge, atmospheric, black metal, drums and bass with synth and unexpected sounds, I hope you will come and sit down with us in the room for 46 minutes and listen to this album.

It was born from one afternoon of improvisation, and then just over 18 months of work to arrange, add layers and try to make it sound less like one microphone in a room and more like something grand to lose yourselves inside, or just have a good dance to when the riffs kick in!

Part 1 came out in November 2021, and I've been working on and off on this continuation ever since! It steps into different territory with the addition of synths as well, for an even more cosmic trip.

Please bear in mind this is all just 'live in a practice room', recorded as one layer into a small recorder laid on the floor between the drumkit and my bass cab, then tons of mixing, layers, noises and synths added afterwards. I made a mistake of putting it onto a hard surface, and so you hear some bass vibrations during this. Hopefully it adds to the atmosphere and feeling of being enveloped in heavy vibrations!

Thank you to those who step in with an open mind and ears, and let the sounds and ideas take you on an swirly ambient doom driven riff journey with plenty of unexpected twists, turns and departures from normality and the initial route to investigate what is hidden around some unusual corners.

credits

released January 23, 2023

The Owl - Bass, synth, noise, arrangement
Dan Clarke - Drums, photography

Entirely improvised: June 20th, 2021, at Eiger Studios, Leeds
Recorded live with just a Zoom H1 Recorder.
Demolition and reconstruction work went on until January 8th 2023

Video for 'Monolithic' using the entire 'March Of The Dinosaurs'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cJlxGwRvaA

A really far out there, trippy abstract video for 'Surreal Paths': Owlripper: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Fu3Ewvb0o
The Sonic Void: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ8dpbmzOt8

Tiny clip from original jam (of 1855 Overture). I had kept the whole session, to make a visual for this part, but my laptop got stolen with it on before I had chance to back it up properly, but, glad there is a little of the visual from it. Proper good day that!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ2EOoXp2WY

All the photos on this release are from Dan's travels, in Norway, Scotland, Peru, UK and Madeira.

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Me and Dan have jammed a lot over the last 11 years or so. Mainly in Sloth Hammer (approximately 60 live outings and on two studio sessions (both settings of which are all completely improvised)), and also a few times for a project called Mother Nature Versus Father Time which did several improvised demo recordings and structured gigs.

This recording in June 2021 was our first jam together in 20 months since the last Sloth Hammer gig before the world went into lockdown.

All the imagery to aid the experience is included in the download.

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Part 1 - theowl.bandcamp.com/album/60-mother-nature-versus-father-time-part-1

Album on YouTube:
Owlripper: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0oWIduDHLg
The Sonic Void: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPARmw7phhw
Rob Hammer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLmn4n54D_o
Rock Freaks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=igUUf1_nvqU
666MrDoom: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoIASx2wM-s
Cave Dweller: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6C0sCe6qic
Black Metal Artists: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0ta5I_zMpI

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Bandcamp codes on the Owlripper page:
owlripperrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/on029-mother-nature-versus-father-time-part-2

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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.

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