Alexander, Ross
High Atlas To The Sahara Desert
Ross Alexander first came to our attention with Memorias Vol.1 - Bugandan Sacred Places, released back in 2017 on Sucata
Tapes, it featured a mind altering mix of recorded sounds from a series of visited sites considered sacred within the
Bugandan kingdom and session recordings with Ugandan musicians Albert Sempeke and the Nilotika Collective layered with
his own original composition using the Yamaha DX7 and programmed FM synthesis. The result being an unique
reconfiguration of new age vocabulary with East African traditional sensibilities. The tape quickly sold out and the new
Volume of Memorias presented here arrives now on the mother label Discrepant, on Vinyl with an expanded sound palette
appropriate to the format.
Memorias Vol.2 - High Atlas To The Sahara Desert is the logical progression of Volume 1. - based on a series of field
recordings Alexander made during a trip through the High Atlas Mountains and into the Sahara Desert in 2018. The aim of
the trip was to visit a gathering of nomadic musicians at an oasis close to the Algerian border. Like Memorias Vol1. the
recordings made on the trip were then later processed, layered and arranged with original compositions. Where Vol1. had
clear nods to New Age music this volume explores the more ambient side of 80s Industrial sound.
Price
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
06-09-2019
Label
Item-nr
535204
EAN
5055869562423
Availability
In stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
AMZIGH RUE
2
EACH MILE A DRY RIVER
3
ANCIENT KASBAH LAYS IN RUIN
4
NIGHT PASS
5
THE ENDLESS TEA INTERVAL EPISODE 1
6
HOMAGE TO THE CAUSE (ONE NIGHT IN MARRAKESH)
7
UPLANDS
8
THE ENDLESS TEA INTERVAL EPISODE 2
9
SHATTERING METALS