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NIGHT TERRORS - Hypnotica - Composition for Theremin and Electronic Music Synthesizer LP (colour vinyl)
Limited edition "Pharmaceutical White" and "Ectoplasmic Haze" colour vinyl. Black wax also available. All housed in deluxe mirrorboard sleeve with insert and cover art by Luke Fraser/AHR+
Highly recommended.
Hypnotica sees The Night Terrors return as an all-electronic duo. Brown is joined again by synth warrior Sarah Lim to deliver a deeply cinematic album of haunting emotional electronics.
Hypnotica spotlights the unique expressive capacities of the theremin, the world's oldest and most mysterious electronic instrument. The eerie disembodied voice of Brown’s gesturally-controlled device takes centre stage here, materialising as a transfixing dramatic lead in an extraordinary otherworld of gothic operatics, dark mesmeric melody and euphoric spectral electro.
Heavy narcotic atmospheres bleed into a reverie of cosmic sedative bliss, while the soaring cry of Brown’s theremin evokes an exquisite romantic melancholy and a profound sense of psychic yearning.
The result is a breakthrough album which establishes the theremin as a transcendent musical medium for the processing of universal heartbreak and the expression of contemporary existential terror. HYPNOTICA is Brown’s most compelling theremin work to date.