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Pastoral

by Illusion of Safety

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    While Korm Plastics publishes books these days, this is a surprise CD only release. We sent him this demo in 2011 & we all forgot about it. Pastoral is a welcome edition to the catalog showcasing a less aggressive stance from the project, a more organic subdued presentation, sounds to make a clearing, & open space. The recordings history is a bit blurred now but it is very likely tracks 1, 2, 3, & 5 are Kurt Griesch and Daniel Burke, post 1995 tour work. Track 4 uses an instance of Reaktor 5 VCS-3 software emulation.

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Invulnerable 11:31
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Neolithic 04:56
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Ground 16:54
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Compelling 14:16
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While Korm Plastics publishes books these days, this is a surprise CD only release. We sent him this demo in 2011 & we all forgot about it. Pastoral is a welcome edition to the catalog showcasing a less aggressive stance from the project, a more organic subdued presentation, sounds to make a clearing, & open space. The recordings history is a bit blurred now but it is very likely tracks 1, 2, 3, & 5 are Kurt Griesch and Daniel Burke, post 1995 tour work. Track 4 uses an instance of Reaktor 5 VCS-3 software emulation.

Thank you Frans de Waard at Korm for coming through again.
released by Korm Plastics as a CD edition of 200.
kormplastics.nl
kormdigitaal.bandcamp.com

Tracks 6 & 7 are the CD version in full split in 2 sides to avoid the gaps in track play on Bandcamp.

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released December 10, 2023

Illusion of Safety celebrate's 40 years of inspired sonic experimentation, exploration and transfiguration from this esteemed Chicago-area electronic music mainstay. Although a number of people have contributed to IoS over the years, Daniel Burke has been (and remains) the principle mad scientist in the IoS laboratory. The world of electronic music has seen countless noise-maker dabblers come and go in the last 40 years, but IOS’s music has always been thoughtful, mesmerizing, inventive and deeply artistic. The upcoming new IOS record, Pastoral, more than measures up to its name, stringing together a series of dreamy soundscapes where ambient sound, traditional instrument samples and electronic emanations are slowly swirled into a beguiling kaleidoscope of colors and textures. Truly hypnotic. -Rick Reger

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Illusion of Safety Elgin, Illinois

Since 1983, Burke and his many conspirators under the IOS banner have over the course of 40+ releases traversed most every facet of the avant sound plane, from early industrial pop deconstruction to blindingly minimal sound art to densely surreal found-sound collage, creating uneasy music that is dense and dystopian and yet also beautiful. ... more

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