{"product_id":"drift-exile-cd-total-black-chondritic-sound","title":"Drift - Exile CD (Total Black \/ Chondritic Sound)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrift was a relatively short-lived project created by Gabriele \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiuliani. Better known through his notorious nom de plume, Dead Body Love. Within the course of only a few short years, Drift released a dozen sought after releases on such legendary imprints as Slaughter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOld Europa Cafe, SSSM, Harmonie, and his own Less Than Zero, before \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efading behind the curtains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExile was not only the debut release by Drift, but also \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe beginning to a trilogy of cassettes released on Slaughter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProductions. It is on these three albums one will experience Dark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmbient in its undistilled and raw form, dense and haunted. The\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003efurtherest point from sound design or the dreaded \"Cinematic Ambient\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003etag. This IS Ambient Industrial Noise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe inspiration of Mick Harris's project Lull is immediate on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis trilogy, in particular the \"Cold Summer\" and \"Journey Through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnderworlds\" albums. However Gabriele pushes things even further. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe textures more bombastic, the bass frequencies more suffocating, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe reverbs trail longer. All sense of subtlety and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erefinement wiped\u003cbr\u003eaway. Only the cold remains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eExile in particular takes on a deep cavernous approach in sound, Uninhabited, as if stillness had a voice and could be amplified. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eDespite the sense of inertia, the compositions are in constant motion and with focus. Only industrial moments of a track like \"Dawn\" provides a break to what is an otherwise desolate recording.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eAlthough the Drift project would eventually incorporate synth as well as occasional beats and melodic elements on future releases. It is this trilogy that is the most fascinating. The\u003cbr\u003esources are difficult to pinpoint. Were they field recordings? Film samples? Transmissions from the underworld? Whatever the origins, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eExile serves as the perfect foreshadowing of what was to come on the followup releases The Beyond and Earthquake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_ Jim Mroz (Lussuria)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=280015677\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=ffffff\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/totalblack.bandcamp.com\/album\/exile\"\u003eExile by Drift\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n","brand":"Distro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57530628473164,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/5517\/2684\/files\/a0604625231_10_1080x_bd49df03-e54d-4680-9ed1-61b46434482c.webp?v=1778673279","url":"https:\/\/embryo-store.net\/products\/drift-exile-cd-total-black-chondritic-sound","provider":"Embryo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}