{"product_id":"23-skidoo-the-culling-is-coming","title":"23 Skidoo -  The Culling Is Coming","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 10\/29\/2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eLes Disques du Crepuscule\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresent a new 76-minute CD edition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Culling Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 Skidoo\u003c\/b\u003e, originally released on vinyl by Crepuscule and sister imprint Operation Twilight in February 1983.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Culling Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esignposted two radical new directions for Skidoo following the success of their indie chart-topping debut\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeven Songs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe previous year. Drawing from two extraordinary live performances,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecombines a collaboration with the Balinese Gamelan Orchestra recorded at Dartington College of Music in October 1982 (subtitled\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e), together with extracts from a more extreme improvised set performed at the first WOMAD festival in July 1982, using scrap metal and tape loops (\u003ci\u003eA Summer Rite\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e“The ambience remains one of menace rather than ethno-tourism”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003cb\u003eRecord\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollector\u003c\/b\u003e);\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“The perfect non-chemical cure for a headache” (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e); “Culling is densely-packed, closed and clenched fist of a record”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cb\u003eSounds\u003c\/b\u003e);\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The mixes are diamond sharp… The Gamelan music drifts serenely across great canyons of nothingness, fairytale tinkling and enormous booming which disregards all forms of rhythm, ideas elongated into an immense drip-feed of sound”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003cb\u003eNME\u003c\/b\u003e);\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The Womad side offers tape-looped phrases segueing in and out of focus, electronic twitterings and squalling ethnic wind instruments all clawing at each other like an orgy in an abattoir”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cb\u003eMelody Maker\u003c\/b\u003e).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe original vinyl album is expanded on CD by the inclusion of a complete (and equally extreme) 26 minute loop performance (\u003ci\u003eAn Autumn Journey\u003c\/i\u003e) at Tielt in Belgium on 8 October 1982, recorded as part of Crepuscule’s short Move Back-Bite Harder tour with Cabaret Voltaire, Tuxedomoon, Antena and The Pale Fountains.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe booklet features the original artwork, archive images and contextual notes by Alex Turnbull of 23 Skidoo.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. G-2 Contemplation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. S-Matrix\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. G-3 Insemination\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Shrine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Mahakala\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Banishing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Invocation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Flashing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Stifling\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Healing (for the Strong)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Move Back – Bite Harder\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Les Disques du Crepuscule","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":67992766185748,"sku":"TWI123","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1035\/0284\/0084\/files\/TWI123CD_RGB4000pix.jpg?v=1793918779","url":"https:\/\/primeunion.shop\/products\/23-skidoo-the-culling-is-coming","provider":"Linden \u0026 Oak","version":"1.0","type":"link"}