CTEPHIN - "Liber XXXI"
(3xCDR by R.O.N.F. Records)
Review On Vital Weekly:
When I spot things like 'Liber XXXI' I always approach them with care, as I am never too fond of all those magickal, psychik things. When released by RONF it's bound to be noise, but hey its not. Ctephin is a duo of StF and Aedria, who are responsible for the music. Three hours and some minutes actually, all dealing with Crowley's 'The Book Of The Law' and me thinks that's a bit overdone, even when all three have a distinct different sounds. Book III is obviously the noise end of things whereas Book I the ambient side. Book II lies somewhere in between those ends. But which CDs being more than an hour its all a bit much, certainly Book III is a heavy volume in that respect. Each of the books suffers a bit of too much of the same idea. Once you get the ambient drift of Ctephin playing around with guitars and sound effects, say when half the disc is done, there is not much need to get the other half too. Which goes for the other two releases as well. the nice thing is that they seem to be using different instruments per book, although for II and III its hard to specify that - as the covers aren't always that clear in that respect. I think when these fifty copies are gone, it would be a wise thing to make a selection of all three, picking the best tracks and release a really nice and varied release. Some of these pieces deserve to be heard in a broader context. Nice but too much. (FdW)
(3xCDR by R.O.N.F. Records)
Review On Vital Weekly:
When I spot things like 'Liber XXXI' I always approach them with care, as I am never too fond of all those magickal, psychik things. When released by RONF it's bound to be noise, but hey its not. Ctephin is a duo of StF and Aedria, who are responsible for the music. Three hours and some minutes actually, all dealing with Crowley's 'The Book Of The Law' and me thinks that's a bit overdone, even when all three have a distinct different sounds. Book III is obviously the noise end of things whereas Book I the ambient side. Book II lies somewhere in between those ends. But which CDs being more than an hour its all a bit much, certainly Book III is a heavy volume in that respect. Each of the books suffers a bit of too much of the same idea. Once you get the ambient drift of Ctephin playing around with guitars and sound effects, say when half the disc is done, there is not much need to get the other half too. Which goes for the other two releases as well. the nice thing is that they seem to be using different instruments per book, although for II and III its hard to specify that - as the covers aren't always that clear in that respect. I think when these fifty copies are gone, it would be a wise thing to make a selection of all three, picking the best tracks and release a really nice and varied release. Some of these pieces deserve to be heard in a broader context. Nice but too much. (FdW)
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