Ben Frost - A U R O R A

  On 5/12/2014 at 5:32 PM, trananhhung said:

Ok, I'm at work with the album on repeat. I'll be coming back to this obsessively during the next months. It's a genuine high-concept album with recurring melodic themes, soundscapes and that bass drum kick that devours everything in site. It's the sound of modern civilisation and it's electricity system being engulfed by the giant throat of a tribal ancestor leading to the core of the earth.

 

The attention to detail of its infinite layers of sound is basically unheard of. Perfect mastering, perfect processing, perfect progression.

 

I'm overwhelmed.

 

I will not say an extra word about this album.

you are killing me man,

when i'm finally gonna listen 2 this album at home it will be like taking a dump i'v been holding up for month's

i hope they don't run out of digital copies

Well fuck. My favorite record atm. 9/10.

Last 2 tracks are loud and powerful as fuck.

  On 3/20/2014 at 12:33 PM, jhonny said:

jesuss Venter is terrifying. Sounds like electro Swans.

Ben Frost actually created the fire noises at the beginning of the track A Piece Of The Sky from The Seer.

 

I think it's about damn time I check out some frosty Ben Frost.

Ben Frost has excellent taste in Internet pix. Highly recommend you all have a scroll: http://ethermachines.com/constantly/#post-2839

yellow vinyl just arrived, but I can't listen until I get back home from errands.

this will be played loudly.

yes

  On 5/22/2014 at 1:31 PM, oscillik said:

yellow vinyl just arrived, but I can't listen until I get back home from errands.

this will be played loudly.

Please recount details of the, no doubt, crushing intensity of your first voyage into the A U R O R A!

  On 5/22/2014 at 9:54 PM, Goiter Sanchez said:

 

  On 5/22/2014 at 1:31 PM, oscillik said:

yellow vinyl just arrived, but I can't listen until I get back home from errands.

this will be played loudly.

Please recount details of the, no doubt, crushing intensity of your first voyage into the A U R O R A!

 

yeah how many oscilliks would you give it on first listen

Edited May 22, 2014 by Ivan Ooze

  On 5/22/2014 at 10:20 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

  On 5/22/2014 at 9:54 PM, Goiter Sanchez said:

 

  On 5/22/2014 at 1:31 PM, oscillik said:

yellow vinyl just arrived, but I can't listen until I get back home from errands.

this will be played loudly.

Please recount details of the, no doubt, crushing intensity of your first voyage into the A U R O R A!

 

yeah how many oscilliks would you give it on first listen

 

upon first listen, I would give it less oscilliks than By The Throat, to be honest.

 

Need to give it another listen though...and that will happen now

well he sure set the bar high with by the throat, it was a grower 2 me, i hope this one is asswell

time will tell i am exaited 2 hear this monday

By The Throat is still one of the most raw and brutal records I own. definitely set the bar very high.

 

when I said not as many oscilliks, I meant like....not that far behind

 

this album is a fucking beast

  On 5/22/2014 at 11:07 PM, oscillik said:

By The Throat is still one of the most raw and brutal records I own. definitely set the bar very high.

 

when I said not as many oscilliks, I meant like....not that far behind

 

this album is a fucking beast

 

... and it gets even beastlier live!

  On 5/23/2014 at 2:09 PM, encym said:

 

  On 5/22/2014 at 11:07 PM, oscillik said:

By The Throat is still one of the most raw and brutal records I own. definitely set the bar very high.

 

when I said not as many oscilliks, I meant like....not that far behind

 

this album is a fucking beast

 

... and it gets even beastlier live!

 

oh you bastard. I totally wanna see Ben Frost live. that would be amazing

oh god, I've just realised that I've been playing the vinyl at 33rpm instead of the actual 45rpm it should be played at...

 

33rpm sounds better

This is streaming on P4K Advance, in case you both care and haven't pirated the leak: http://pitchfork.com/advance/447-a-u-r-o-r-a

Edited May 23, 2014 by doublename

  On 5/23/2014 at 6:59 PM, doublename said:

This is streaming on P4K Advance, in case you both care and haven't pirated the leak: http://pitchfork.com/advance/447-a-u-r-o-r-a

I have had the vinyl since yesterday...

  On 5/23/2014 at 7:02 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 5/23/2014 at 6:59 PM, doublename said:

This is streaming on P4K Advance, in case you both care and haven't pirated the leak: http://pitchfork.com/advance/447-a-u-r-o-r-a

I have had the vinyl since yesterday...

I don't know if it has shipped from any US retailer yet. Did you order from Bandcamp? The exchange rate made preordering from there a no go for me.

 

Edit: Looks like the physical release date is June 10th in the US.

Edited May 23, 2014 by doublename

  On 5/23/2014 at 7:50 PM, doublename said:

 

  On 5/23/2014 at 7:02 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 5/23/2014 at 6:59 PM, doublename said:

This is streaming on P4K Advance, in case you both care and haven't pirated the leak: http://pitchfork.com/advance/447-a-u-r-o-r-a

I have had the vinyl since yesterday...

I don't know if it has shipped from any US retailer yet. Did you order from Bandcamp? The exchange rate made preordering from there a no go for me.

 

I ordered from Boomkat, I'm in the UK. it doesn't always happen, but it's nice when records come through early like this.

fucking hell yeah just had my first listen!! i'm hiding under the table and the hairs in my neckbeard are risen

2 bad it's so short! one intense savage beast, on my second spin now

  On 5/26/2014 at 3:06 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

fucking hell yeah just had my first listen!! i'm hiding under the table and the hairs in my neckbeard are risen

2 bad it's so short! one intense savage beast, on my second spin now

play it at 33rpm instead!

 

makes it longer, and sounds fucking awesome

lol no need, i'm very happy with the way it sounds like god is jizzing in my ears

8.7/10

FLACs from Bandcamp come with a bonus track that is fucking amazing

I didn't listen any of the samples, since I knew I had to have this. Holy fuck it's a monster.

Edited May 27, 2014 by doublename