{"id":5125,"date":"2012-05-22T00:07:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T04:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=5125"},"modified":"2012-05-22T00:08:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T04:08:40","slug":"va-auris-apothecary-sampler-c45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=5125","title":{"rendered":"V\/A – Auris Apothecary Sampler #2 C45"},"content":{"rendered":"

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V\/A – Auris Apothecary Sampler #2 C45<\/p>\n

Auris Apothecary<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a very eclectic offering from the excellent Auris Apothecary label. For those that aren’t aware Auris Apothecary defines the concept of a boutique label with elaborate and artistic packaging, strange sounds, and an unwavering aesthetic. They are truly at the top of their game with this sampler smartly packaged in a folding case and sealed with wax. The sampler is also available online here<\/a> for those who can’t get their hands on the physical release or are too lame to have a cassette player.<\/p>\n

The first 10 minutes or so seem to be dominated by garage rock style music which finally meanders into the weird with Sitar Outreach Ministry’s The Rites of Spring<\/i> which uses guitar and banjo to form a strange offbeat cover of Stravinsky’s epic composition of the same name. Finally the garage rock culminates with Eddy Price’s Swing Low, Sweet Chariot<\/i> which harkens back to the time of malt shakes and soda fountains and sounds like it could’ve been a lost hit from Elvis Presley. <\/p>\n

At this point the compilation becomes dominated with experimental and strange sounds which is of course what I’m here for. Rob Funkhouser’s Lotus Unfolding<\/i> is an excellent track that features multiple layers slowly taking shape out of a wash of distorted drones. Mike Williams’ – also of EyeHateGod – track delivers some blistering and blown-out power electronics with aggressive vocals. Torture Corpse also adds a new element here with some cybergrind intensity and certainly stands as the odd man out.<\/p>\n

Beginning to tone things down is Semilanceata with Hj\u00e6rtestilla<\/i> a bell-like delivery of guitars clanging in the night which is sure to deepen your depression. (((o))) keeps the dark closing in with Parte Cinco<\/i> an industrial dirge with heavily distorted bass riffs and metal creaking pitched drones layered on top. And so it is that The Gentleman’s Butcher closes down the night with a peaceful dronescape of harmonious tones.<\/p>\n

Definitely a great and varied sample of sounds from this intriguing label. Recommended for anyone to check out because there’s something for everybody here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packaging:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\" <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

V\/A – Auris Apothecary Sampler #2 C45
\nAuris Apothecary
\nHere’s a very eclectic offering from the excellent Auris Apothecary label. For those that aren’t aware Auris Apothecary defines the concept of a boutique label with elaborate and artistic packaging, strange sounds, and an unwavering aesthetic. They are truly at the top of their game with this sampler smartly packaged in a folding case and sealed with wax. The sampler is also available online here for those who can’t get their hands on the physical release or are too lame to have a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-webzine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5128,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5125\/revisions\/5128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}