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Observatory - Dark Folke (packaged in oversized hardbound book)

SKU OBSERVATORY04709
Really magnificently moody fourth album by this great group from Singapore. Their 3rd one, A Far Cry From Here, was a great work, mixing modern influences like Motorpsycho and Radiohead with an original sound, but this one - which is drummerless - is truly their pinnacle of achievement so far! If you are at all interested in modern music that has a lot of the most interesting hallmarks of progressive rock, but that absolutely sounds like it was made in the 00s, you need to hear The Observatory. "In July 2009, The Observatory release their fourth album to date, Dark Folke, recorded and mixed in Bergen, Norway with their longtime collaborator, Jorgen Traeen, well known producer of bands such as Ultralyd, Motorpsycho and Jaga Jazzist. The CD album is a hardbound book, designed and drawn by metal/hardcore/underground illustrator and designer, Justin Bartlett aka Vberkvlt, the artist behind the wicked art of SUNN O))), Moss, Aura Noir and more. With a change in musical direction, the math prog rock of The Observatory’s third album A Far Cry From Here has morphed into a fluid mystical beast called Dark Folke. Most songs have no drums on them. But there is rhythm. Only the type of rhythm associated with an invisible pulse. An implied rhythm."

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