Equator
Label | Other Voices Records ββ VOX 68 CD |
Format | CD, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
Barcode | 0710473186551 |
Country | Europe |
Released | 15 Sep 2021 |
Genre | Electronic |
Style | Ambient, Tribal |
Reissue on CD of 1995 album by the British post-industrial/ambient group O Yuki Conjugate. Coming four years after their lauded 'Peyote' release, the group split and reformed into their 'Mk II' phase with the two original members Roger Horberry and Andrew Hulme, along with Malcolm McGeorge, Dan Mudford and Pete Woodhead (who later went on to form Sons Of Silence on the Leaf label). Making use of the emergent technology of the early '90s, 'Equator' was one of the first albums to be mixed with digital equipment, weaving together a blend of studio, live and location recordings to create their own deeply immersive, enveloping soundscapes. Brooding atmospheres unfold underneath a wide range of ethnic percussion and deep, meditative basslines - existing in a unique cross-section of Hassell inspired 4th world mystery, industrial landscapes and the rich middle-eastern projections pioneered by Muslimgauze. It's a deeply hypnotic work that joins the dots between the late '80s industrial scene and the smoked-out chill out rooms of the '90s, released on the brilliantly haphazard Staalplaat label who ensured O Yuki Conjugate remained a total obscurity in their home country.
1 | Insect-Talk | 6:40 |
2 | Sunchemical | 6:05 |
3 | Gathering Shadows | 5:06 |
4 | Skinned | 3:26 |
5 | Equation | 4:17 |
6 | Shintone | 1:52 |
7 | Mansoases | 5:16 |
8 | Umbra | 2:33 |
9 | False Prophet | 6:58 |
10 | 200ft Vertical Wall | 1:07 |
11 | Departure | 7:07 |
12 | Slight Return | 2:29 |
13 | False Prophet (Original) | 5:14 |
14 | Equatorial | 4:23 |
15 | Fleshtones | 4:08 |
16 | Tegen Tonen | 2:12 |
17 | Gap Between Two Worlds | 3:42 |
Painting β Frederick Schimmelschmidt
Producer β OYC
Producer β Paul SchΓΌtze
Written-By β Hulme
Written-By β Mudford
Written-By β McGeorge
Written-By β Woodhead
Written-By β Horberry
CD comes inside a gatefold cardboard sleeve.
Recorded & mixed in London, Oct '92-Jun '94.
Digital Editing, thanks to West One TV.
A Final Image Nocturnal Broadcast.
Instrumentation: tongue drums, bass, thunderegg, voice, keyboards, samples, wireless, stratus, airtubes, skin, percussion, marimba, digital edits, dharbouka, roto-tom, dholak, finger cymbals, rain stick.
Tracks 1—11 originally released on STCD 088 (1995)