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01. BEN FROST - Killshot
02. BEN FROST - The Carpathians
03. BEN FROST - Ó God Protect Me
04. BEN FROST - Híbakúsja
05. BEN FROST - Untitled Transient
06. BEN FROST - Peter Venkman Part I
07. BEN FROST - Peter Venkman Part II
08. BEN FROST - Leo Needs A New Pair Of Shoes
09. BEN FROST - Through The Glass Of The Roof
10. BEN FROST - Through The Roof Of Your Mouth
11. BEN FROST - Through The Mouth Of Your Eye
ARTIST
TITLE
By The Throat
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
HVALUR 006LP HVALUR 006LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/22/2010

2014 repress, LP version. This is Reykjavik-based composer/producer Ben Frost's second release for the Icelandic Bedroom Community label. By The Throat is blood red and cloaked in shadow. Produced in Iceland by Ben Frost and Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, CocoRosie, Bonnie "Prince" Billy), this album features performances by Amiina of Sigur Rós fame, Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara, Swedish metal outfit Crowpath and composer Nico Muhly. Aside from the purely musical language of harmony and melody, there's the level of musique concrète, the weaving of nonmusical sounds into the musical fabric. Borgar Magnason's menacing double bass growls pure bestial noise throughout and the brass choirs of "Peter Venkman" are recorded so closely that they almost transform into pure human breath. And just as these voices slide away from "notes" and "harmony" to become concrete sound-images, the meanings of these images rattle around and collide into each other, forming a whole language all its own. With spot varnish lettering on the front and back covers and a full-color insert, the packaging of this LP looks and feels enormously better than actual human social interaction.