Prelest, by Clouds Above chaos

Prelest

by Clouds Above chaos

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1.	Part 1 15:20	buy track
2.	Part 2 14:32	buy track
3.	Part 3 12:52	buy track
4.	Part 4 17:00	buy track

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Prelest is the archived output of an installation conceived for, and performed at 2018's Hillscene Live festival in the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria, accompanied by compositions from the artists as individuals which, through no direct involvement, communicate similar themes.

Part 1-2 [Side A] comprises the Prelest recordings, for which a strict set of conditions were established: all material should be generated in real-time; the visual element was to be constructed in direct response to the aural component; attention should be directed towards building hypnotic aural/visual stimulus emulating the mystical experience of visionary states.

Part 3-4 [Side B] is a collection of recordings made by Clouds Above Chaos in their respective studios for their own edification and the exploration of their own mental processes.

The artistic intent of the release is to bring into question the validity of using modern methods of signal generation to induce hypnotic and mystical states of consciousness, and whether exploiting the human brains' tendency towards pareidolia and responding to sensory overload by entering into trance is a useful spiritual tool, or if it only leads to a state of spiritual delusion- the definition of Prelest itself.

The listener is invited to temporarily suspend their state of external distraction and listen to the output of these experiments at a volume level just below discomfort, in a state of either visual over stimulation by way of computer-generated geometric visualisations, or having deprived their visual senses entirely by way of sitting in a completely dark room or otherwise diminishing the visual faculty for the duration of the performance.
As an extension of the exercise, utilising a method of focus on the breath is also recommended for the duration in order to further align the experiment with the desired field of subjective inquiry.

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released October 16, 2020

roduced by Crow & Gareth Fox.
Recorded by Gareth Fox.
Mastered by Crow.
Concept by Gareth Fox.
Photography by Free Range Fox.
Layout by Ear Mind Eye.

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Clouds Above chaos Melbourne, Australia

Traversing the future wastelands today.
The protagonist and antagonist pitting themselves in psychic battles against the omnipotent Mechkenna.
Dissolving the 3rd dimension to reveal the 4th.

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