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The Seashell and the Clergyman (French: La Coquille et le Clergyman) is a 1928 French experimental film directed by Germaine Dulac, from an original scenario by Antonin Artaud. It premiered in Paris on 9 February 1928. The film is associated with the production of the French Surrealism. The film follows the erotic hallucinations of a priest lusting after the wife of a general. When making the 'Old Haunts' album promo clips, I used parts of this film, and now here is the whole film with that album as its soundtrack, as almost 18 months later I rewatched it and felt it worth sharing.
Download the soundtrack here: theowl.bandcamp.com/album/85-old-haunts
The British Board of Film Censors famously reported that the film was "so cryptic as to be almost meaningless. If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable".
'Old Haunts' is 61 minutes across 9 tracks, of solemn but uplifting, slow moving, intentionally lo-fi and crackling, cathartic dark ambient drone sounds. All source sounds are from recordings I've made that were never finished or fully released, dating back to my earliest pseudonym Whoever in 1996, up to June 2022. Those sounds were deformed, reformed and reimagined between June 2nd and August 6th 2022.
Some of the original sounds were nearly lost into dust; broken or crumbling tapes, scratched and semi-corrupt CD back ups, which leads to the warped and weird effects I had to play with, which I then spent a long time making them even more warped and defective.
This album is heavily influenced by the Utopia soundtrack by Cristobal Tapia de Veer, The Aphex Twin 'Selected Ambient Works Volume II', Tortoise 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die', William Basinski 'Disintegration Loops', The Caretaker - 'Everywhere At The End Of Time', plus my own listening and making of dark ambient and minimal music over the last 30 years.
I hope the emotions in these sounds will shine through. They have been very cathartic for me to work on. Dark room and headphones for optimal results. I promise no jolting surprises. Thank you for listening.
00:00 - 1. Romantic Dirge
09:30 - 2. Lazy Drifter Rolls The Dice
15:56 - 3. Protect Our Fuzzy Friends
21:01 - 4. I Won't Cry Anymore
29:58 - 5. Changing Track
35:05 - 6. Contemplating Loss
41:39 - 7. Structure Of The Void
47:38 - 8. Safe Inside The Matrix
51:52 - 9. Crawling Kingdoms
This album was also released on gatesofhypnos.bandcamp.com
For more information about the original film: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seashell_and_the_Clergyman
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- OWLRIPPER RECORDINGS - DIY Netlabel / Compilations
Loudquietnoises Fastslowriffs Experimental Everything!
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The Seashell and the Clergyman (French: La Coquille et le Clergyman) is a 1928 French experimental film directed by Germaine Dulac, from an original scenario by Antonin Artaud. It premiered in Paris on 9 February 1928. The film is associated with the production of the French Surrealism. The film follows the erotic hallucinations of a priest lusting after the wife of a general. When making the 'Old Haunts' album promo clips, I used parts of this film, and now here is the whole film with that album as its soundtrack, as almost 18 months later I rewatched it and felt it worth sharing.
Download the soundtrack here: theowl.bandcamp.com/album/85-old-haunts
The British Board of Film Censors famously reported that the film was "so cryptic as to be almost meaningless. If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable".
'Old Haunts' is 61 minutes across 9 tracks, of solemn but uplifting, slow moving, intentionally lo-fi and crackling, cathartic dark ambient drone sounds. All source sounds are from recordings I've made that were never finished or fully released, dating back to my earliest pseudonym Whoever in 1996, up to June 2022. Those sounds were deformed, reformed and reimagined between June 2nd and August 6th 2022.
Some of the original sounds were nearly lost into dust; broken or crumbling tapes, scratched and semi-corrupt CD back ups, which leads to the warped and weird effects I had to play with, which I then spent a long time making them even more warped and defective.
This album is heavily influenced by the Utopia soundtrack by Cristobal Tapia de Veer, The Aphex Twin 'Selected Ambient Works Volume II', Tortoise 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die', William Basinski 'Disintegration Loops', The Caretaker - 'Everywhere At The End Of Time', plus my own listening and making of dark ambient and minimal music over the last 30 years.
I hope the emotions in these sounds will shine through. They have been very cathartic for me to work on. Dark room and headphones for optimal results. I promise no jolting surprises. Thank you for listening.
00:00 - 1. Romantic Dirge
09:30 - 2. Lazy Drifter Rolls The Dice
15:56 - 3. Protect Our Fuzzy Friends
21:01 - 4. I Won't Cry Anymore
29:58 - 5. Changing Track
35:05 - 6. Contemplating Loss
41:39 - 7. Structure Of The Void
47:38 - 8. Safe Inside The Matrix
51:52 - 9. Crawling Kingdoms
This album was also released on gatesofhypnos.bandcamp.com
For more information about the original film: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seashell_and_the_Clergyman
#moviesoundtrack #filmsoundtrack #soundtrack #soundscape #cinematic #ambient #darkambient #experimentalmusic #electronicmusic #musicvideo #dronemusic #postindustrial #minimalmusic #abstractmusic #avantgarde #avantgardemusic
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- THE OWL - Loudquietnoises Fastslowriffs Experimental Everything!
instagram.com/theowlpp
facebook.com/theowlsounds
soundcloud.com/theowlsounds
twitter.com/owlripper
https://linktr.ee/theowlripper
https://dlcm.app/the-owl (Bandcamp codes)
- OWLRIPPER RECORDINGS - DIY Netlabel / Compilations
Loudquietnoises Fastslowriffs Experimental Everything!
owlripperrecordings.bandcamp.com
