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EARTH

EARTH 2.23 SPECIAL LOWER FREQUENCY MIX (SUB POP)

EARTH - EARTH 2.23 SPECIAL LOWER FREQUENCY MIX 160826
format:
1 LP
release:
03.11.2023
label:
SUB POP
item ID:
160826
barcode:
0098787160307
VERY limited indies only LOSER copies pressed on lovely CURACAO BLUE vinyl! In this accompanying remix set, "Earth 2.23: Special Lower Frequency Mix", the Bug has taken a bit of "Seven Angels" and laced it with feedback and big bass, allowing grime luminary Flowdan to climb atop it with his dark, staccato visions.

Responsible for many transformational records himself, Justin K. Broadrick of Jesu and Godflesh crawls inside "Teeth" to lash at it with punishing drum machines and sordid layers of new distortion, building it into some brokedown palace of industrial mayhem.

Loop's Robert Hampson makes good on the premise of ambient metal with his 30-minute hypnotic beauty, while longtime Earth cohort and longtime Built to Spill multi-instrumentalist Brett Netson seems to float the sound through a benighted graveyard on his clever "Teeth" revamp.

These are not obvious directions for Earth's impact. Again, Earth 2 was never an obvious record.

30 years on, have we yet to grasp the enormity of Earth 2, an album that has continued its slow cycle of influence, uninterrupted? Probably not.

Hell, most of us don't even know there are horses on the cover.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. ANGELS (THE BUG REMIX FEAT. FLOWDAN)
  • 1.2. MAY YOUR VANQUISHED BE SAVED FROM THE BONDAGE OF THEIR SINS (R. HAMPSON REMIX)
  • 1.3. TEETH OF LIONS RULE THE DIVINE (JUSTIN K BROADRICK REMIX)
  • 1.4. TEETH OF LIONS RULE THE DIVINE (BRETT NETSON VERSION)