Shelter: Eight Colliding Dancers LP

Now this is a beautiful celestial thing — our main man Shelter (Alan Briand) expanded a collection of improvisational electronic mantras which he premiered on our NTS show last year. On this album he explores odd meters, Indian-inspired drum cycles and expansive drone harmonics. It's a dreamed folklore, reminiscent of Charanjit Singh's Eternity, John Hassel's fourth world assemblages or Craig Leon's Nommos. The result blurs the line between human gesture and mechanical synthesis; drum machines melt into surreal harmonium textures and programming is indistinguishable from improvisation. The LP is a continuity of Shelter's previous release on our Speculative Ethnography Series, exploring the unique hybridity within the culture of his native Brittany.