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Psychedelic | Space / Post Rock | Avant-garde | Electronic / Electroacoustic

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Plank Tone

Tracks

  1. Aphotic Sunrise
  2. Voconvolute Stasis
  3. Seekraut
  4. Korallenmusik
  5. Permanance Organelle
  6. Ausstieg Links

The project "Efficient Refineries" has been founded by Miguel A. Ruiz (Spain) and Siegmar Fricke in 1995. After two net-albums and a CD, the project has been reactivated in May 2011 during Miguel's visit at Pharmakustik-studio in Germany where the fourth epic album "Plank Tone" has been recorded during several night-sessions. This newest LP offers six new complex pieces entering the world of subaquatic atmospheres, seaweed and microscopic algae realised by new techniques in audio-recording and the excessive use of vintage-equipment from the early 70s period like Farfisa-organ, various analogue synthesizers, modulators and a nostalgic rhythm-box. The 11-minute opener "Aphotic Sunrise" reaches a new level in ambient atmospheres; a level of depth, warmth, sound-research, treatment and innovation...it defines a new unusual style of ambient spheres. The album combines elements of early-70s-Avant-garde, noises, very well structured rhythms and sequences plus bizarre voice-treatments and stands for Efficient Refineries' definition of innovative electronica 2011.


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