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Le Sommeil Vertical

Le Sommeil Vertical

Artists

Shelter

Catno

31SC

Formats

1x Vinyl 12" 45 RPM EP

Country

Canada

Release date

Mar 4, 2022

Recorded directly to cassette 4-track late at night in Briand’s apartment in Paris with a gathering of
temperamental vintage gear, Le Sommeil Vertical captures a somnambulant journey into vibrant analog nether-regions. The hazy sonics harken back to ‘80s DIY cassette culture, but refracted through a prism of fourth world melodics and early IDM rhythm experiments. The tracks are titled after Burroughs’ Cities of the Red Night, and the book acts as a talisman for the album, setting sci-fi surrealism within expansive arid psychic landscapes. The trance-inducing terrain, mapped out in warm 1/4” tape, moves through phased backstreets, AFX-arrondissements, and dub municipalities. This is music on the nod, an elixir for the sleepwalking flaneur.
Alan Briand has been with Séance Centre from the start, as designer and European emissary — a wunderkind of many talents, we’ve always trusted his ears as well as his eyes. We’re pleased to release this mesmerizing EP as a limited edition pressing with risograph printed insert and designed for future archives.

Media: Mi
Sleeve: M

$32*

*Taxes included, shipping price excluded

31SC - CA - 2022

A1

Le Sommeil Vertical

A2

The Young Immortals

B1

Dub of the Scarlet City

B2

The Dog Catchers

B3

Perfect Witness

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