Artist: Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words
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Last night's Sirius Blog Radio playlist:
01. Superfamily - The radio has expressed concerns about what you did last night
02. TALK 1
03. Asha Ali - These months
04. Boys of Scandinavia - Why do you love me? (radio edit)
05. Promoe - Headache
06. TALK 2
07. Closer - Sensing the wake
08. The Bear Quartet - Mom and dad
09. TALK 3
10. Kristofer Åström - Just a little insane
11. Familjen - Kom säger dom
12. Pavan - The bird
13. TALK 4
14. Kazakstan - Song to the past
15. Universal Poplab - Vampire in you
16. TALK 5
17. Scraps of Tape - Death as it should be
18. ARM - Drving by accident
19. The Idealist - The knives are my eyes
20. TALK 6
21. Tsukimono - Gathering heavy breathing
22. Pimentola - Wish upon a fallen star
23. Plain Fade - Uliaan leski
24. TALK 7
25. The Skull Defekts - Six six for eyes
26. Logh - Into the night
27. TALK 8
28. Aerial - You will all die, all things will
29. Tobias Hellkvist - Moment at ven
30. Audrey - Views
31. TALK 9
32. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Ashen like the sky
Musique Machine reviews Swedish dronepop act Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words: http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1208
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As a long-time connoisseur of textural ambient music, my ears are fine-tuned by now to the odd detail, to anything that makes one collection of drones and weird noises sound different from its predecessors. This Swedish outfit have bravely kicked every ambient cliche in the ass and sculpted a wonderland of bracing dark ambient on this amazing platter. Honestly, it takes patience and a singular aesthetic to pull off a record like this. It's divided into two sections (per the sleeve), titled "Circles, fucking circles" and "No ghosts." Hardly matters to the ears though, as what you get is a very steady, self-assured travelogue through alien landscapes or really bizarre dreams. "If you touch me I will disappear" features a sinister low-frequency sound that is genuinely unsettling; other tracks make use of inventive drones, clanging sounds and odd percussion. "Three nineteen a.m." and "Closer, closer still" are just two of the grabbers among many. This isn't friendly music, and if you don't like ambient, much of it will repel you. But in the realm of aurally compelling, mysterious soundscape music to get lost in, this is one truly superb piece of work.
- Kevin Renick
The drone of Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words is a lofi rumble compared to the earth-shaking throb of The Idealist (as discussed here). I don't say that to disparage DLSODW, rather to distinguish them. Also, whereas I remarked that The Idealist is well-suited for loud listening, DLSODW is quieter and more creepy, more dungeon-like if you will. Employing minimal synths buried with twisted field recordings and other found-sounds, the sound of Dead Letters is dismay and dreary - perfectly suited for dark winter evenings. The particular piece I've posted today from the new album "Old ghosts, new ghosts, all ghosts" swells and reels along with a distinct slow melody before finally collapsing into total static at the very end. Considering the miserable weather we've been having 'round these parts recently, this hits the spot.
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - In perfect and imperfect circles
To celebrate the release of the new Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words CD "Old ghosts, new ghosts, all ghosts" today, Ideal Recordings has posted a live set from Norberg Festival for free download. Go get it: http://www.idealrecordings.com/sound_034.php
Upcoming releases for Swedish experimental artist Viktor Sjöberg:
Viktor Sjöberg/Jonas Odhner split w/Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words (Kalligrammofon)
tba CD (Kning Disk)
V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble CD (iDEAL)
"Decembergatan 7", a new netrelease from Swedish drone artist Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words: http://www.fukkgod.org/whenskiesaregrey/2006/06/decembergatan-7.php
The new Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words album "Old ghosts, new ghosts, all ghosts" has been postponed to after summer in order to allow enough time to promote it. The scheduled record release show this coming Saturday (05/27) with FM3, Alvars Orkester and others at Gamlestaden in Göteborg will still happen as planned, but the album won't be available yet (obviously). The set will be recorded for a special 3" CD release to be included in a special "All ghosts" box set. In other Dead Letters news, the previously available "Teeth" release that was posted for free download will be entering the physical world as a hand-packaged, 40-minute CDR. Read all about it along with other upcoming Dead Letters-affiliated releases over at his website: http://www.deadwords.org/
Upcoming releases in 2006 for Swedish noise/experimental artist Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words:
Spring - "No Words" CDr (Zeromoon)
Spring - "Old Ghosts, New Ghosts, All Ghosts" (iDEAL)
Winter - "Fall, Fall, Falling..." (Kalligrammofon)
Winter - "Lost in Reflections" (iDEAL)
Related releases:
tba - Teeth - "Destroying" CDr (When Skies Are Grey)
tba - Dead Violets - "Saint Vitus Dance" (tba)
The Zeromoon netlabel has posted a new Ubeboet remix EP for free download featuring contributions from artists Asher, Arturas Bumsteinas, Mathieu Ruhlman and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words: http://www.archive.org/details/zero074
Swedish noise/drone artist Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words has posted a Christmas card with a new download: http://whenskiesaregrey.se/silent_night/
Swedish experimental/drone/ambient act Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words has a new website: http://www.deadwords.org/