Golden Omnipresent Mystery comes from a spontaneous, performative approach to minimalist and improvised music, focusing on repetition and harmony and simultaneously on non-structures and dissonances. A continuous amorphous flow in search of the abstract yet corporeal representation of the universal energy that rises from chtonian spirituality and free emotional expression.
G.O.M. is an elusive entity. It manifest itself in different forms: meditative and altered states, signs, symbols, sonic catharsis, clairvoyance, collective consciousness and openness, mysterious depths of the human experience. Ripples of light and shadow endlessly tracing the labyrinth of life.
Each piece of this record is a world on his own and was recorded in a single, unique session: no overdubbing or post-production was made except for mixing and mastering. The album comes in double golden- transparent cassettes (C80; C105), limited to 69 hand-numbered copies including an insert and digital download. The cover and the insert artworks are two previously unpublished automatic drawings from occult artist and A.O.S. adept Roberto Migliussi, mastermind behind Labirinto Stellare and author of the seminal fanzine Idola Tribus.
The manufacture of this album’s cassettes has been the second official external commission for Dromoscope Studio, as it took care of the tape's mastering and dubbing. The particular technique used for the production of this cassettes has been developed by Daniele De Santis in the frame of Dromoscope's Antidigital Series production. The technique has come to life combining modern digital mastering methods with the old warm sound provided by reconditioned professional tape recorders from 70's DDR. Every copy is created at 1x as a master itself rather than duplicated, providing a very uncommon result in terms of loudness and fidelity of the audio data.
Drones and Fundamentals - Pedro Abrantes, Valdemar Pereira
Vocals - Valdemar Pereira, João Eurico
Mixing - Valdemar Pereira
Processing - Pedro Abrantes, Valdemar Pereira
Percussion and Metals - Pedro Abrantes, João Eurico, Valdemar Pereira
Organic Textures - Valdemar Pereira
Knowledge Acquired Through Collective Invocation of Celestial Elements (K.A.T.C.I.O.C.T.E) Pt. I & II
Organ, Vocals, Drones and Fundamentals - Valdemar Pereira
Strings - Pedro Abrantes
Programming - Valdemar Pereira
Percussion, Organic Textures and Blossoming Elements - Pedro Abrantes, João Eurico, Miguel Costa
Recitation - Miguel Costa
Murmurs - Mauro Ventura
Mixing and Processing - Valdemar Pereira
D.A.A.D (Devil Ascends Artificial Declines)
All Demons Were Angels
Organ, Drones and Amorphous Waves - Valdemar Pereira
Noise Artefacts - Pedro Abrantes
Violin - Pedro Abrantes
Percussion, Organic Textures and Blossoming Elements - Pedro Abrantes, João Eurico, Miguel Costa
Vocals - Valdemar Pereira, Miguel Costa, João Eurico
Mixing and Processing - Valdemar Pereira
Music created, recorded and mixed by G.O.M. in Porto between 2016-2017
Mastered and pro-dubbed by Daniele De Santis at Dromoscope Studio (Berlin)
Cover and insert: automatic drawings by Roberto Migliussi
Graphic layout by Nicola Tirabasso
Produced by Communion
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Communion is an independent collective and record label.
Its aim is to support and disseminate alien sonic worlds, possible musics originated from the clash between realities differently set in time and space.
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