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The Japanese masters of drone and analog feedback
never cease to amaze us. Fans actually never know what to expect
from a new album. Sludgy guitar riffs, super distorted psych
rock or mighty minimal drones? Just be prepared for a new masterpiece,
the way only they seem to do it.
Soundtrack from film Mabuta No Ura (translated
as Backside Of The Eyelids) presents BORIS at their most
abstract personality. A stunning guitar-driven psychedelic voyage
to an imaginary land where Pink Floyd's "More"
meditates with Sunn 0))) drenched in ambience and feedback!
Being a flowing and brooding soundtrack to an imaginary film
conceived by the three band members, the album manages to present
the listener to a number of moods and soundscapes without actually
breaking out of its shell. From mellow, dreamy Syd Barret-inspired
acoustic incursions, hazy vocals, slow post-rock tones and rhythms
to occasional bursts of dynamics passing through avant-noise
experiments and mammoth deep drones of blasting energy (like
on the 12 minutes long "Space Behind Me (part 1)").
A contemplative masterwork!
Hard to imagine what sort of film Mabuta No Ura must
be? The evocative sounds here give us freedom to conjure up
appropriate images and quoting Atsuo's own words: "This
is a soundtrack for images that appear on the mabuta no ura
of the listeners, by reading the stories contained on the album
and listening to the music. It's dew made from unconsciousness
of Boris members. The dewdrops are spun into thread and the
thread forms a whole story. The way we refer to images of the
daily lives."
We are glad to present this extended Brazilian/world CD version
of Soundtrack from film Mabuta No Ura, containing
different artwork and exclusive extra music not available
on the Japanese CD/LP, housed in a slipcase that holds our luxurious
custom heavy mini-replica of the gatefold vinyl including
a set of cards unveiling mabuta no ura stories
and photos of the band members taken in their most recent European
trip.
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