{"product_id":"23-skidoo-the-culling-is-coming","title":"23 Skidoo -  The Culling Is Coming","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 10\/29\/2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes Disques du Crepuscule\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresent a new 76-minute CD edition of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Culling Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e23 Skidoo\u003c\/b\u003e, originally released on vinyl by Crepuscule and sister imprint Operation Twilight in February 1983.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Culling Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esignposted two radical new directions for Skidoo following the success of their indie chart-topping debut\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeven Songs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe previous year. Drawing from two extraordinary live performances,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCulling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecombines a collaboration with the Balinese Gamelan Orchestra recorded at Dartington College of Music in October 1982 (subtitled\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinter Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e), together with extracts from a more extreme improvised set performed at the first WOMAD festival in July 1982, using scrap metal and tape loops (\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Summer Rite\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The ambience remains one of menace rather than ethno-tourism”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003cb class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecord\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCollector\u003c\/b\u003e);\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“The perfect non-chemical cure for a headache” (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e); “Culling is densely-packed, closed and clenched fist of a record”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cb class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSounds\u003c\/b\u003e);\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The mixes are diamond sharp… The Gamelan music drifts serenely across great canyons of nothingness, fairytale tinkling and enormous booming which disregards all forms of rhythm, ideas elongated into an immense drip-feed of sound”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003cb class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNME\u003c\/b\u003e);\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The Womad side offers tape-looped phrases segueing in and out of focus, electronic twitterings and squalling ethnic wind instruments all clawing at each other like an orgy in an abattoir”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cb class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMelody Maker\u003c\/b\u003e).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe original vinyl album is expanded on CD by the inclusion of a complete (and equally extreme) 26 minute loop performance (\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn Autumn Journey\u003c\/i\u003e) at Tielt in Belgium on 8 October 1982, recorded as part of Crepuscule’s short Move Back-Bite Harder tour with Cabaret Voltaire, Tuxedomoon, Antena and The Pale Fountains.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe booklet features the original artwork, archive images and contextual notes by Alex Turnbull of 23 Skidoo.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. G-2 Contemplation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. S-Matrix\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. G-3 Insemination\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Shrine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Mahakala\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Banishing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. Invocation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Flashing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. Stifling\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. Healing (for the Strong)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11. Move Back – Bite Harder\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Les Disques du Crepuscule","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":57880679973030,"sku":"nkr1793013306765","price":10.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/4036\/8550\/files\/23-skidoo---the-culling-is-coming_1.jpg?v=1793013310","url":"https:\/\/www.mynovetra.com\/products\/23-skidoo-the-culling-is-coming","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}