Birds of Prey - Vanishing Point

Deep, droning, and dub wise. Von Sample-Manipulationen aus American tape music bis Einflüssen aus UK-Bassmusic.



If emptiness is heaviness is Godliness, Birds of Prey's third full-length LP is an immaculate conception from on high. The record luxuriates in the spaces between. What's left out says as much as what made it in. Deep, droning, and dub wise, Vanishing Point cascades in elegance. Its reference points call towards the sample manipulation of American tape music and the downward gaze of amniotic British bass music. It charts its own path nonetheless, building its own space for drifting off to. Unlike many peers operating in similar realms, Birds of Prey are a proper band, a foursome: Grant Aaron, Clay Wilson, Eric Holmes, and Camille Altay. Each are artists in their own right with a distinct practice. In Birds of Prey, their collaborations in studio take on a greater shape, whittled and edited into cosmic formlessness.




Tracks:

Side A
1. Naming Names (3:32)
2. Emanation (4:14)
3. Vanishing Point (4:49)
4. XYZ (5:00)
Side B
1. Hyperbola (4:53)
2. Strange and Eternal (6:25)
3. Astrolabe (6:17)
4. Geomancy (4:36)
5. Moebius (3:42)