芒神 // God of Silver Grass, by 破地獄 // Scattered Purgatory

芒神 // God of Silver Grass

by 破地獄 // Scattered Purgatory

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	1.	抱朴子 // Pao-p'u-tzu 12:20
	2.	途鬼 // Pathway Ghost 07:55
	3.	芒神 // God of Silver Grass 24:09

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"God of Silver Grass" is Taiwanese experimental duo, Scattered Purgatory’s second release from Guruguru Brain. On this album the drone music-makers delve deeper into their obsession with creating dark, ambient sounds, while adding new approaches to give spice to their intense, ritualistic music. In contrast to the magma-hot heaviness of the riffs on their previous record “Lost Ethnography of the Miscanthus Ocean”, "God of Silver Grass" coolly crystalizes into a whirl of icy synthesizer loops and improvisational guitar. On Track 抱朴子 - Pao-P'u-Tzu, you will be guided by reverb-stoned guitar and quiet piano notes on what feels like an eternal journey. 黯淡的月 - Dim Moon injects Kosmische Musik inspired modular synths into a cover of Taiwanese 50’s pop song written by Wu Jin-huai/吳晉淮. Dim Moon is imbued with a far-out pagan atmosphere, given weight by pure ritualistic chants. The final, title track, "God of Silver Grass" sees the band swell to a four-piece, with the addition of two guest musicians, to make music that is at once reminiscent of Taj Mahal Travelers and Sunn O))), A dark river of over 20 minutes of doomy chill-out music.

______by. Guruguru Brain Records

*黯淡的月//Dim Moon is on GGB cassette release and noWhere compilation by Forests.

noWhere : foresting.bandcamp.com/album/nowhere

Cassette / DL : gurugurubrain.bandcamp.com/album/god-of-silver-grass

credits

released April 3, 2016

Jiachi Lu - guitar, tape echo, harmonium, percussions
Li-Yang Lu - baritone guitar, bass, tape echo, tape loop, piano, vocal
Haobuo Luo - trumpet, synth, sample, programming, vocal

guest sessions on "芒神 - God of Silver Grass"
Hong-Yu Chen - er-hu
Shi-Chao Lai - trumpet, electronics, percussions

recorded by Shi-Chao Lai
mixed & engineered by Jon Du & us
Artwork by FengBB : imfengb.tumblr.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/scatteredpurgatory

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破地獄 // Scattered Purgatory Taipei City, Taiwan

Experimental noisy music duo based in Taiwan, Taipei.

Next album coming in October 2017.

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