Tension - Moor Bulc
Inspired by thriller, detective and sci-fi television series of the 1960s and 70s, which would use unconventional instrumentation and unorthodox arrangements to build dramatic tension, these pieces aim to take the listener into the darkness where the strange things lurk.
- Release date: 17/04/2025
- Cat. No. CD: EXOPM-CD-08
- Cat. No. Dig: EXOPM-DIG-10
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- Tensor (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500001Vibraphones, glockenspiels and strange synth sounds create a tense atmosphere, punctuated by someone winding up a clockwork mechanism in the background. - Counter (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500004A clarinet and angel chimes introduce what sounds like a music box, before large drums boom. Then shakers start a gentle rhythmic pulse to announce vibraphone and double-bass, before the whole piece cycles round again. - Moonless (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500003Screeching metallic noises reverberate in a huge warehouse, with pianos, strange plucked strings and bells echoing around. - Void (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500005A rhythmic bleeping underpins strange sounds, like the interior of some great spaceship, while a deep alien chanting booms out in the distance. - Broken (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500006A gramaphone record crackles, while hand bells ring out. A harmonica wails to introduce an old electronic drum rhythm, with a deep bass synth. Then everything drops out, leaving a staccato voice and harp. - Bits (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500008Harsh, alien sounds preface a deep drone, before electronic drums and synths pulse in the background. - Fear (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500002A pulsing synth and bass create tension with various dripping, ticking, and clanking sounds punctuating the pulse. - Workshop (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500007Soft bells and angel chimes are interrupted by the harsh sound of an electric guitar, before strange repeating synths battle weird computer speech. - Emptiness (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500010Atonal drones and strange alarm sounds introduce an alien choir, before the alien soloist begins its strange lament. - Subway (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500009Fast synth arpeggios and a driving electronic drum rhythm, underpin strange wails and scrapes. - Deserters (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500012Plucked piano strings, and a wobbly theramin sit beneath a landscape of weird pings and pops. - Shadows (05:00)
ISRC: UKY8B2500011Deep booms and screeching train wheels introduce a pulsing bass synth, as strange flying vehicles whizz past.
