Description
DNT is proud to announce this new cassette by Finnish ayahuasca-droner Uton. Jani Hirvonen instructs the listener to use stereo headphones. For a stronger effect, listen near midnight in a dark room (or with minimal light). Do not let anything else disturb you. Recorded in Rennes, France to four-track July-August 2010. Originally slated for release as a bonus cassette with “Echoes in the Wonderland” LP (DNT058), it now sees the light of day. Full color deep-sea two-panel artwork on pro-dubbed purple cassettes with brain coral imprinting. Hand numbered out of 100.
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Reviews:
“Finnish sound chef Jani Hirvonen puts some gauzy, ceremonial drone on high heat, bringing it to a boil, then reducing it to a slow simmer. The oven is preheated to a smoldering 500 degrees before throwing in the stellular sound zaps. Delicate plucking of strings are used as a timer to make sure everything is cooked just right. Cardamom, aniseed, and tumeric are added to maintain a slight Middle Eastern, spicy vibe. Eat this tape, it’s delicious.” -Ad hoc
“Another tape from long-standing Finnish Cosmic Drone lords, Uton. The title roughly translate to “when corals are talking about clouds” (or “when corals are talking about marijuana”), either way one can glean the kind of headspace one should be in to get maximum appreciation out of this release. Side A begins with ethereal, droning abstractions. And, well, it stays that way. Each side is split up into several tracks, so it comes off as a collection of quiet, cosmic snapshots. Any of the “songs” could persist forever, it seems, and instead of having any kind of direction or momentum they wander and meander around the spaces that they create. Underlying melody drones make the backbone, complimented by arhythmic analogue synths. Usually one or two more elements, acoustical or electronic in nature, make up the foreground. Abstract. Heavy. Contemplative. Space-out music supreme.” – Drugstodomusicto, https://drugstodomusicto.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/dnt-records-tape-extravaganza-part-2-electric-boogaloo/
“Bridging DNT’s before and after, ‘Kun Korallit Puhuvat Pilville’ by Uton (Finland’s Jani Hirvonen) was originally slotted as a bonus to the label’s long-player, but has been refigured as its own release. Not a bad managerial decision. The tape is bold enough to stand on its own as seven tracks of cosmic concrete – though it too carries with it the original sin of bonus material, which by its lonesome evokes an alien and alienated soundtrack, full of sci-fi abstractions and organic drones. Across these cold expanses we encounter tendrils of music – human music – though the mysteries of this place are never revealed. Edition of 100, hand-numbered, on purple tapes.” – Animal Psi, https://animalpsi.com/2014/03/bobb-bruno-black-gel-uton-kun-korallit-puhuvat-pilville-and-dj-dj-tanner-home-entertainment-review/
