Banisteriopsis Caapi by Legiac
Legiac - Banisteriopsis Caapi
Official release will be the 24th of April 2023
Its A mega Stunning Vinyl In Sound And Looks, Each One Comes With Download Card
100 through Touched Music (UK)
https://touched.bandcamp.com/merch/legiac-banisteriopsis-caapi-limited-edition-coloured-vinyl-100-via-touched-music
The other 100 through Phainomena ( clone.nl)
https://clone.nl/item72184.html
Digital will be available on my Bandcamp and all other outlets later
https://roelfuncken.bandcamp.com/album/banisteriopsis-caapi
vinyl version will contain the following tracks:
a1.Mimosa Hostilis
a2.Psychotria Viridis
a3.Epicatechine
a4.Proanthocyanidine
b1.Solanaceae
b2.Malpighiaceae
b3.Banisteriopsis Caapi
b4.Brugmansia
For more than twenty years, Roel Funcken has been a cornerstone in electronic experimentation. Alongside his brother Don, this Dutch sound sculptor melted hip-hop, industrial and soundscapes under monikers like Funckarma and Shadow Huntaz. A prolific solo musician and collaborator as well, Funcken teams up with Cor Bolten to revive the Legiac project with the eight tracks of Banisteriopsis Caapi. Keys appear through a sorrowful haze in "Mimosa Hostilis", this machined mist difussing as distorted strings penetrate before a dawning of icy brightness. Modulated forms and shapes billow in the bubble and trill of "Pyschotria Viridis" before the orbiting interference and introspection of "Epicatechine." Percussion is reduced to a texture, the duo finding structure in droplets of water, the stretch of steel and a litany of field recordings. The partnership dive deep into their chosen sounds, elongating and expanding tones to find harmony in the absence and isol ation that is their focus. Pieces like "Solanaceae" bristle with an understated elegance, like starlight piercing a brooding night sky, while "Banisteriopsis Caapi" finds an eerie solace in its repurposing of voice as an undulating elegy. Legiac achieve a distant intimacy with their listener, a relationship forged through complex compositions, gentle movements and subtle shifts.
Tracklist
| 1. | Brugmansia | 6:24 |
| 2. | Banisteriopsis Caapi | 4:44 |
| 3. | Tetrahydroharmine | 5:47 |
| 4. | Tropane Alkaloids | 4:32 |
| 5. | Hyperbolic Geometry | 5:08 |
| 6. | Solanaceae | 5:04 |
| 7. | Quichua | 5:40 |
| 8. | Psychotria Viridis | 6:02 |
| 9. | Proanthocyanidine | 4:37 |
| 10. | Mimosa Hostilis | 4:40 |
| 11. | Malpighiaceae | 2:47 |
| 12. | Harmaline | 6:34 |
| 13. | Epicatechine | 3:34 |
| 14. | Diplopterys Cabrerana | 3:18 |
Credits
Written and Produced by Roel Funcken and Cor Bolten
Mastered by Exm (digital)
art by me, cover edit by moiCflo
artwork is here :
www.instagram.com/p/CZXkozAgHzL/
License
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His ambient textures maintain a cinematic quality throughout, while his percussive arrangements retain a constantly mutating framework, always reconstructing its rhythm and structure, contradicting complex configurations and minimal design. It's always a pleasure to taste the latest treat from this aural engineer, and find the latest gem in his never-ending arsenal of sound.