The Woods: a visceral descent into the violent nature of metamorphosis

by Oscar W. Küsel

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	1.	The composition of a trail / context; I & II 01:21
	2.	Roots swallowed the path 03:43
	3.	A gentle song / A lone redpoll lost its beak 03:26
	4.	Occurrence in a field 04:11
	5.	context; III: entities / spectres 02:36
	6.	And so I fell with the weight of a thousand stars 04:10
	7.	Bjørnklo 02:04
	8.	And so the sequoia bled 03:29
	9.	A gentle song, pt. II / Abominable 04:31
	10.	Antlers / The fall of a great buck 04:08

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Equal parts sonic experiment and musical venture–at its core O.W.K.'s "The Woods" sets out to explore the space between organic and mechanical, the animate and the inanimate while simultaneously evoking images of ageing modernity devoured by the ancient and primitive and perhaps inevitable.

On "The Woods" O.W.K. blends feedback noise with outright distortion and finds curious sounds within the chaos to mimic everything from chirps and woodland creatures to rustling treetops and harrowing winds. Amid the walls of swirling woodland noise custom made string instruments, both bowed and not, produce thick acoustic drones and melodies–accompanied by percussion, Foley and the odd vocal exercise.

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No third party samples or field recordings were used during the making of this album–everything you hear, except for a scarce amount of Foley work, was created by circular connecting analogue audio mixers, harnessing audio feedback, percussion and with custom built string instruments.

Photography by Johan Windle, edited by O.W.K.

Included in the digital download is a seamless, unsplit, version of "The Woods".

Works ov Caudron / WOC006 / worksovcauldron.com

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Selected releases from Works ov Cauldron:

Them Teeth - Sun of serpent, moone of cipher (2019)
worksovcauldron.bandcamp.com/album/sun-of-serpent-moone-of-cipher

Holy Mountain Beast - Dead Mantra and Rituals; vol I / A Bibliography of Shamans (2017)
holymountainbeast.bandcamp.com

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released October 8, 2021

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Oscar W. Küsel Gothenburg, Sweden

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Feedback loops, cross-stitched mixing consoles and custom-built string instruments.

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