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zakè 'Deep into the unknown, we shall endlessly roam' [CS]

zakè 'Deep into the unknown, we shall endlessly roam' [CS]

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Forged for the wanderer of endless night, this Pitch Black Cassette Edition is cloaked in total darkness.

Solid black cassette tape in a solid black norelco box with the album title laser-etched on front. All components of the shell and case are completely black. Crafted as a symbol of endless drift into the unknown. Loaded with FerroMaster C456™ super ferric, ultra-high performance type-1 music grade analog tape. Shrinkwrapped. Edition of 50.

An object of minimal form and maximal presence. Made for those who seek beauty in the void.

 

‘Deep into the unknown, we shall endlessly roam’ is a collection of arrangements created primarily by the use of analog tape and archaic tape devices. These repetitive themes hang in perpetuity, while seldom wavering from its original aural expression.

zakè reshaped and produced foundational tape loops using an obsolete VSC Soundpacer, while complementing the loops with field recordings captured by a time-worn, Sony M-570V microcassette voice recorder. Other elements of these recordings were further rendered by the use of an Akai GX-270D Reel-To-Reel, a gift given by close friend and sound artist, Isaac Helsen.

“Deep into the unknown, we shall endlessly roam” is dedicated to those who continue to yearn for greater understanding. Allow this to be a phonic accompaniment in your life’s personal journey.” -z


Written, recorded, and produced by zakè
Mixed at Kaleidoscope Tone Studio by zakè
Mastered at Ambient Mountain House by James Bernard
Expired polaroid photo cover, layout and design by zakè

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© 2023 Zakè Drone Recordings
℗ Past Inside the Present Publishing (BMI)
This is ZD-LOOP2
zakedronerecordings.com
zakedrone.com
ambientmountainhouse.com

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Zakè Drone Recordings
Matrix / Runout (Side A): ZDLOOP2 / A / DUNK!PRESSING
Matrix / Runout (Side B): ZDLOOP2 / B / DUNK!PRESSING
Cut at ODM
Pressed by dunk!pressing
Manufactured and assembled in Belgium


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"zake's fruitful contributions as an artist to his own Past Inside The Present label continues on this new album Deep Into The Unknown We Shall Endlessly Roam. It is an assemblage of arrangements made using archaic tape machines such as a Sony M-570V microcassette voice recorder and obsolete VSC Soundpacer, all on analogue tape. Of course that lends the music a misty, grainy quality that defines much of zake's ambient. Here his loops and found sounds meld and melt to create vast open spaces that are pregnant with emotion and tension. It's another magical work of ambient art."

-Juno Records

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‘Towering immersive minimal drone ambience’

-Jon Hillcock, BBC Sounds

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"The ever inventive and always prolific zake is back on his own label Past Inside The Present with yet another new album. Deep Into The Unknown We Shall Endlessly Roam has already arrived with us on cassette tape and now it comes as a limited edition album on white and brown vinyl with just 200 copies pressed. It has been made from archaic tape machines such as a Sony M-570V microcassette voice recorder and obsolete VSC Soundpacer and then recorded to analogue tape for that levelly lo-fi and misty aesthetic. The artist himself says this record is "is dedicated to those who continue to yearn for greater understanding" and it is another sublime listen."

-Juno Recommends Ambient/Drone/Leftfield
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