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ÆTONAL

by Espen Lund

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Lovdahl, Ian
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Lovdahl, Ian otherworldly. it's like witnessing someone play "Für Elise" on a paperclip. i just wouldn't ever expect these sounds from a trumpet, but as far as drone metal goes, ÆTONAL has crafted a soundscape that evokes the warmest drones this side of SUNN O))) and EARTH, and they prove that the horn is truly a heavy metal instrument. Favorite track: As Above, So Below.
Robert Bloemkolk
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Robert Bloemkolk Amazing. Solo trumpet. Takes electric Miles into the next universe. Favorite track: For A Thousand Tongues To Sing.
Noise Lover
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Noise Lover Glorious, epic noise. Drone, feedback, howling chaos. It builds and subsides like a series of aftershocks that will shake you to the ground.
Michael
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Michael Aetonal will peel off your skin and bathe you in a healing salve of relentless, devastating drone. A unique album deserving of a place among the pantheon of ground-breaking drone-metal works such as Earth's Thrones & Dominions, Barn Owl's Ancestral Star and Nadja's Bodycage. Favorite track: For A Thousand Tongues To Sing.
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tr_🇺🇦 Amplified trumpet drone doom. Favorite track: An Echo Repeated Forever.
a Jazz Noise
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a Jazz Noise "Imagine a decade-long field recording of a glacier – the creaks and groans of tons of ice, shearing away mountains and landscapes – compressed into 42 minutes."
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Solo Electric Trumpet Vol. II
All tracks recorded live in the studio.

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released March 24, 2021

Espen Lund: Amplifiers and trumpet


Recorded by: Bjørn Ognøy & Espen Lund
Mixed by: Espen Lund
Recorded in Bergen, Norway - 2020
Cover photo: Stefano Ciociola

"Espen Lund’s ÆTONAL is a solo trumpet album, but you have to listen closely in order to tell. For the duration of most of this tape it’s impossible to believe that these sounds were made by anything less than a rip in the universe. The Norwegian composer plays his electric trumpet in a ring of amplifiers, avowedly sticking to the motto “more is more”. Feedback inevitably ensues, but he takes that as a tool rather than a hinderance, taming and sculpting it to create five tracks of immense burn"
thequietus.com

"This combination of brass, electronics and cloudstorms of feedback is what I’ve been waiting for. Seriously. Since Lund’s 2018 Blow.Amplifier, which explores similar spaces, I’ve been waiting and hoping for more. Waiting over. And it was worth it.

[...] this plunges straight to the dark heart of excess, birthing what could be called a Tony Conrad-inspired improvised black metal/drone/noise suite that draws solely on the sound of an instrument pushed beyond its limits.
ajazznoise.com

"As far as noisy experimental avant-garde drone doom made by making use of an electric trumpet goes, then this album is definitely one of the more interesting ones in recent months if not years. Espen Lund should suit anyone who is into Earth, Sunn 0))), Li Jianhong, Merzbow, Bellows, Skullflower and Mats Gustafsson and those whose ears are raised now should head over to Lund's bandcamp to get one of the tapes before they run out"
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