Exclusive album premiere of ‘Genesis of Cyclopian Sorcerer’ by ZAÄAR and Spintria, out September 1 via WV Sorcerer Productions and Moonlight Cypress Archetypes.

After a period of dormancy in the Magic Jungle, ZAÄAR has continued to breed several ovules at WV Sorcerer Productions. The first one comes as a result of this split LP with the Tennessee occult trio Spintria, with which WV Sorcerer has teamed up with Moonlight Cypress Archetypes to present ‘Genesis of Cyclopian Sorcerer’.

Following the dark lineage of Tennessee’s Southern Gothic tradition, with wild alien-shaped tentacles growing out of the wild grass fields, Spintria performs their mesmerism through free jazz/ improv/ black metal music, hypnotic and untamed. As for ZAÄAR, they have brought us a piece of free jazz tribal dancing conducted by primitive beasts as part of this transcendental journey into the world of sorcery. The cover artwork is by a French artist Kathy Aponi. Two stunning paintings named Aurochs and Twalaak.

<a href="https://wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/album/genesis-of-cyclopian-sorcerer">Genesis of Cyclopian Sorcerer by ZAÄAR / Spintria</a>

Brussels, surrealist jungle. Saxophonist JJ Duerinckx was seeking the truth in improvised music. Using survival skills from his lizard brain, multi-instrumentalist Guillaume CZLT went down with him in the waters of the suburban mangroves to meet electronic multiverse moebius Didié Nietzche. Neptunian Maximalism was gathered in an ethno-industrial liturgy, then appeared as a double-headed pulse entity. Drummer Sébastien Schmit and bassist HP Desrosiers arrived as one, connected by an inner primitive self. “ZAAAÄÄÄAAAR!”, they shout when separated into two bodies by a powerful psych-free jazz ritual. “Here and now!” JJ said, and the quintet was made.

Spintria is designed to melt the borders between free improvisation, free jazz, black metal, drone metal, and more, and is furthermore an attempt to discard the ideas of written vs improvised music altogether. There is an overarching guiding hand but it is not composed, and though it is improvised it is not “free improv” in a true sense.

ZAÄAR:
Didier Nietzche: aynths, Ipads
Sébastien Schmit: drums, percussionss
Hugues-Philippe Desrosiers: electric bass
Jean-Jacques Duerinckx: sopranino saxophone
Guillaume Cazalet: vocals, trumpet, flutes, percussions

Recorded at Espace MOSS, Brussels, 1st February 2020 by Guillaume Cazalet & Hugues-Philipe Desrosiers. Mixed and mastered by Guillaume Cazalet & Thomas Stadnicki at Homo Sensibilis Sounds & The Vault Studio, Brussels.

Spintria:
Ryan Clackner: guitar
Josh Byrd: drums
Edward Longo: keyboards

Engineered by Shibby Poole. Mixed and mastered by The Empty Hall Studio.

Cover art from paintings by Kathy Aponi “Aurochs” & “Twalaak”. Layout by Ruò Tán 若潭.

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