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LPK016 | 2015-11-02  
The zodiacal light, or false dawn, is one of the most rarely observed objects in the sky. A faint, roughly triangular, diffuse white glow seen in the night sky that appears to extend up from the vicinity of the Sun along the ecliptic or zodiac.

It can be described as a slight concentration of sunlight reflected off the interplanetary dust, and is opposite to its colleague, the Gegenschein, which forms a slightly more luminous, oval glow directly opposite the Sun within the band of the zodiacal light.

"Zodiakhal" opens the release with a bumpy groove. The haunting bass is based on 3 main notes, and those 3 easily joins the 4-4 structure to create an inviting galloping rhythm. In the second part an eerie swing extracted from a night-crickets recording will let you have a glimpse of the Zodiacal light.

[It's important to note that in this EP there is a recurrent inclusion of nature field recording. Not obvious, rather short and subtle samples from ambient sounds recorded in north thailand. River sound as a white noise, temple bell as a percussion, birds tone, footsteps in the forest etc....]

"Ace of Swords" takes position on the trippy techno side. The Zodiacal light is spreading through the skies, and so a twirling synthetic bass opens a path to a cosmic gateway with more synthetic sounds. The light traveling at the speed of the razor edge of the celestial sword.

"Southern Sky" the luminous aura arrived in the austral zodiac. New territories exposed to be observed and discovered. Unusual sounds, voice-likes short samples, tapping drums, it's now time for the exploration to begin...

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