Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Vast colourful ground is covered, across all aspects of electroacoustic sound detail; film soundtrack-esque flickerings, industrial rhythms, dark ambient dread, lighthearted abstract avantgarde play, dancing synth patterns, piano tensions, wall of noise bursts, direction changes and long passages that make you wonder what is happening. You will be lost, confused, scared, but entertained and enthralled, and despite the delirium and confusion, you know you must continue. The album is presented as a concept where an individual is entering several rooms, while contemplating the impact of each experience. With this introductory text from The Phlod-Nar in mind, this opens up the understanding that where you start, where you aim for, where you go and where you end up will all be different to what you imagined at each turn or thought.
You will reach the end destination, be glad you embarked and stayed on the journey, but you will not remember where or how it started, where you thought it was going to go, and you will not be sure if you really have made it to the end or the sound of the outside world and your surroundings is still part of t.
Free download, including all the imagery and video clips:
owlripperrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/on065-underneath-the-surface
Video for 'Room 2' using the Symbol movie and edited by The Owl:
youtube.com/watch?v=L8n4u-7-_44.
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What unfolds when you face your profound thoughts and emotions?
This music reconstructs the journey one embarks upon while navigating through these experiences. It traverses from hazy images to lucid thoughts, from inner demons to hallucinatory dreams, ultimately leading to a phase of introspective contemplation."
'Underneath the Surface' is "a deep exploration of the inner self" created and worked on at various times between 1996 and 2024 by Dutch composer/multi-instrumentalist Randolph Smeets, now residing in Belgium who has been creating music since 1996.
thephlodnar.com
thephlod-nar.bandcamp.com/music
youtube.com/user/ThePhlodNar
https://linktr.ee/thephlodnar
Original music created 1996-2006, edited, reconstructed and mixed in 2007 (and a little in 2024) by The Phlod-Nar, except Room 3a contains a part of Anton Webern's Satz für Klavier.
Concept and track artwork by The Phlod-Nar.
Mastering & Layout by The Owlripper in 2024
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Up to date Bandcamp codes here:
https://dlcm.app/owlripperrecordings/on065-underneath-the-surface
There are extra words in 'Lyrics' and all the imagery in the download, which should help guide you through this strange, deformed, deceiving, intriguing sonic building full of mirrors, broken things, small creatures darting around and deep-thought graffiti scrawled everywhere.
00:00 - 1. Entrance
(a) Hall of suggestion
(b) Facing the unknown
05:40 - 2. Room 1
(a) Decision
(b) No turning back
(c) Rationalism vs. intuition
22:20 - 3. Room 2
(a) Seeing is believing
(b) Recognition
(c) Resistance
26:30 - 4. Room 3
(a) A memory, a dream, a lie?
(b) Another time
(c) No reason to comprehend
(d) The final assault
35:20 - 5. Escape
(a) Alone
(b) Treasure or failure?
#experimental #electronic #avantgarde #abstract #avantgardemusic #abstractmusic #electroacoustic #industrial #noise #drone #ambient #darkambient #experimentalmusic
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- OWLRIPPER RECORDINGS - DIY Netlabel / Compilations
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instagram.com/owlripperrecordings
facebook.com/owlripperrecordings
https://linktr.ee/theowlripper
Vast colourful ground is covered, across all aspects of electroacoustic sound detail; film soundtrack-esque flickerings, industrial rhythms, dark ambient dread, lighthearted abstract avantgarde play, dancing synth patterns, piano tensions, wall of noise bursts, direction changes and long passages that make you wonder what is happening. You will be lost, confused, scared, but entertained and enthralled, and despite the delirium and confusion, you know you must continue. The album is presented as a concept where an individual is entering several rooms, while contemplating the impact of each experience. With this introductory text from The Phlod-Nar in mind, this opens up the understanding that where you start, where you aim for, where you go and where you end up will all be different to what you imagined at each turn or thought.
You will reach the end destination, be glad you embarked and stayed on the journey, but you will not remember where or how it started, where you thought it was going to go, and you will not be sure if you really have made it to the end or the sound of the outside world and your surroundings is still part of t.
Free download, including all the imagery and video clips:
owlripperrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/on065-underneath-the-surface
Video for 'Room 2' using the Symbol movie and edited by The Owl:
youtube.com/watch?v=L8n4u-7-_44.
|^| /\OO/\/\ i /\OO/\/\ ii /\OO/\/\ iii |^|
What unfolds when you face your profound thoughts and emotions?
This music reconstructs the journey one embarks upon while navigating through these experiences. It traverses from hazy images to lucid thoughts, from inner demons to hallucinatory dreams, ultimately leading to a phase of introspective contemplation."
'Underneath the Surface' is "a deep exploration of the inner self" created and worked on at various times between 1996 and 2024 by Dutch composer/multi-instrumentalist Randolph Smeets, now residing in Belgium who has been creating music since 1996.
thephlodnar.com
thephlod-nar.bandcamp.com/music
youtube.com/user/ThePhlodNar
https://linktr.ee/thephlodnar
Original music created 1996-2006, edited, reconstructed and mixed in 2007 (and a little in 2024) by The Phlod-Nar, except Room 3a contains a part of Anton Webern's Satz für Klavier.
Concept and track artwork by The Phlod-Nar.
Mastering & Layout by The Owlripper in 2024
|^| /\OO/\/\ i /\OO/\/\ ii /\OO/\/\ iii |^|
Up to date Bandcamp codes here:
https://dlcm.app/owlripperrecordings/on065-underneath-the-surface
There are extra words in 'Lyrics' and all the imagery in the download, which should help guide you through this strange, deformed, deceiving, intriguing sonic building full of mirrors, broken things, small creatures darting around and deep-thought graffiti scrawled everywhere.
00:00 - 1. Entrance
(a) Hall of suggestion
(b) Facing the unknown
05:40 - 2. Room 1
(a) Decision
(b) No turning back
(c) Rationalism vs. intuition
22:20 - 3. Room 2
(a) Seeing is believing
(b) Recognition
(c) Resistance
26:30 - 4. Room 3
(a) A memory, a dream, a lie?
(b) Another time
(c) No reason to comprehend
(d) The final assault
35:20 - 5. Escape
(a) Alone
(b) Treasure or failure?
#experimental #electronic #avantgarde #abstract #avantgardemusic #abstractmusic #electroacoustic #industrial #noise #drone #ambient #darkambient #experimentalmusic
|^| /\OO/\/\ i /\OO/\/\ ii /\OO/\/\ iii |^|
- OWLRIPPER RECORDINGS - DIY Netlabel / Compilations
Loudquietnoises Fastslowriffs Experimental Everything!
instagram.com/owlripperrecordings
facebook.com/owlripperrecordings
https://linktr.ee/theowlripper
