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Ventoux

About Me

"First up is Ventoux, the work of multi-instrumentalist (and one-third of Souvenir’s Young America) Graham Scala. Three tracks spread over twenty minutes worth of oppressive, skull-rattling ambient noise. '3-1' is a dense affair featuring forlorn, orchestral textures buried under a thick canopy of rumbling, monolithic haze. The melancholic tones collide spectacularly with waves of static and hiss, leaving afterthoughts of volcanic landscapes. If volcanoes emitted music instead of lava, this would surely be their sound. Equally as impressive is '3-2', which arranges a recurring theme of spectral resonance and ear-piercing into something that is oddly reminiscent of an air-raid siren or a kamikaze plane hurtling in a downward spiral at a ferocious speed towards the ground."-Angry Ape Review

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/28/2005
Band Members: G. Scala
Influences: the sound of one hand clapping
Sounds Like: a tree falling in the forest with nobody around to hear it.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New collab. tape out now.

So 905 Tapes just released a collaboration between myself, Brent from Aughra/Forensics, Mike from Wether, and Sean from Blown Doors Unit.  High on pizza and Troll 2, recorded in Haley's basement at a ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:21:00 GMT

Mas.

More reviews:From Rock Sound magazine:From http://mapsadaisical.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/"...On the other hand, Ive never taken to the split album format, usually finding the transition from one side...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:10:00 GMT

Lie down in darkness

So I'm not dead.  Just laying a little low (like the alliteration?).  Got a few more reviews in for the Years split: From experimusic.com: rating: 7.5/10   .. .. If you've ...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:35:00 GMT

I’m creepy.

forthesound.com review of the split It is no secret that post-rock and ambient rock have found themselves a very soft, warm, even cushy place in my heart. That being said, even I can admit that, if in...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Angry Ape review of RVA ambient box set.

The launch of the new SMTG website also brought some intriguing news in the shape of forthcoming releases. The Virginian-based label will issue the follow-up to Anduin's promising The River's Path in ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 16:53:00 GMT

3" CDR preorder info

So I've got an EP out on the delightful SMTG label who are starting preorders today (preorders are USA only, orders from outside of the USA start soon). It's 3 songs, about 20 minutes, and each copy h...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:35:00 GMT

still alive.

still here.  haven't done much droning in a while.  been fairly busy.  i may be doing a remix for my other musical project Souvenir's Young America soon.  we'll see what happe...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:46:00 GMT

mastering

oh yeh.  if anybody knows anybody who does mastering cheap (and i mean Ramen noodle cheap) i'd kinda like to hear my shit at a reasonable volume...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:10:00 GMT

booyah.

i swear i haven't forgotten this thing.  i've just been incredibly busy of late.  hopefully by the new year i'll be able to work on new things... or at least put the old things on a cd... ho...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:55:00 GMT

resist control

still working on getting the song together that i deleted half of.  hopefully i'll have cds ready by in time for the show my band is playing with Wolf Eyes later this month. peace out.
Posted by on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:11:00 GMT