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STILLL 014CD
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For more than 5 years now, Belgium-based Jérôme Deuson has produced post-folk/electronic music as his solo act, aMute. He has released two albums on the Canadian label intr_version and toured most of the European countries, Canada and the USA. Since 2008, the project turned into a brand new band of four people, now including Samuel Volan (bass), Thomas Venegoni (guitars, keys) and Stéphane Fedele (drums). This is their first release as such. Infernal Heights For A Drama is an album full of introspective songs, psychedelic approaches, yet accessible compositions. Their music draws a thin line between indie-rock, post-folk and electronic, yet none of these genres can exactly apply to the rich array of artistry heard here: loud, roaring, dark electronics, swathes of guitar wash, and echoing, disembodied vocals. Using a wide diversity of sounds and instruments, aMute is now ready for a fuller, fresher start. Featuring guest musicians such as Robert Toher (Apse), Joseph Costa (L'Altra), Mitchell Akiyama (Désormais), Bryce Kushnier (Do Make Say Think, Vitaminsforyou), and Jean-Paul Dessy (Musiques Nouvelles).
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INTR 017CD
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"In the two years since the release of his spectacular début, A Hundred Dry Trees, Brussels based Jérôme Deuson (aka aMute) has toured the width and breadth of Europe several times, started his own superb label, Stilll, and created a new body of work that is as original as it is beautiful. The Sea Horse Limbo sees aMute expanding his blend of guitars and glitches to include drums (Stéphane Fedèle), cello (Jean-Paul Dessy of the world renowned contemporary music ensemble, Musiques Nouvelles), and voice (Deuson, Jenna Robertson of Avia Gardner, and others). Deuson's new work breaks with the frosty, crystalline quality of A Hundred Dry Trees, coming up with a collection that is luminous and sun-baked. It is a lush and epic work that is as moving as it is challenging. At times as sprawling and spacy as Do Make Say Think, at others dense and textured like the work of Tim Hecker or Fennesz. One can note a confluence of styles without putting one's finger on The Horse Limbo's fragile beauty and sometimes almost abrasive energy. A record to be listened to with the volume turned up as loud as the neighbors will allow and with sun shining on your closed eyelids."
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INTR 012CD
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"Every so often a work of stunning beauty and maturity masquerades as a début. Belgian artist Jérome Deuson's (aka aMute) first full-length is a wind-swept, moonlit tapestry of delicate guitar-work. aMute's gentle articulate songs recall Mogwai's quieter slow-burn moments, Tarantelle's elegant understatement, Tim Hecker's attention to the life of every hiss and crackle. After his appearance on last year's Saturday Morning Empires compilation left hopes high, A Hundred Dry Trees' effortless symphonies and tiny smoldering epics are indications that an important new artist has arrived."
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