You might not know it, given how preposterously limited most of their releases are, but Natural Snow Buildings are one of the most prolific bands out there right now, and that fact is in total contrast with how beautifully exploratory their music is. Thank the stars that the pace by which artists release music isn’t absurdly linked to the tempo of the music they’re releasing, otherwise we might hope for a solid drone album once every decade. And hello, happy hardcore! All the damn time!
The scenario described above is, as I said, absurd. Natural Snow Buildings, which consists of the French duo Mehdi Ameziane and Solange Gularte, have churned out roughly 20 albums over the past the decade, including the mesmerizing Beyond the Veil earlier this year. That album was apparently produced in honor of the band’s first UK tour, but for Night Coercion Into the Company of Witches, we have to go back a bit further. It was originally self-released in 2008, but on October 2 it will rightly be reintroduced, thanks to Brooklyn’s Ba Da Bing Records.
A few noteworthy highlights about this album: the original release of Night Coercion was limited to 22 copies, which wasn’t that unusual, so consider this your golden opportunity to own a physical version of one of Natural Snow Buildings’ albums. The re-release comes in the form a three-disc set (priced as a single CD), or as a totally new, and newly mixed, 4-LP box set.
Night Coercion is also around three hours long. I haven’t gotten around to it, but I’m betting it’s worth a purchase, especially since so many of their albums haven’t really been purchasable in the first place. Do it for them. Pre-order it here, and listen to the opening track “Kadja Bosou” below.
Night Coercion Into the Company of Witches tracklisting:
1.1. Kadja Bosou
1.2. Night Coercion
1.3. Brooms, Trapdoors, Keyholes
2.1. Gorgons
2.2. Mirror-Shield
3.1. The Great Bull God
• Natural Snow Buildings: http://www.myspace.com/naturalsnowbuildings
• Ba Da Bing: http://www.badabingrecords.com
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