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01. BEN FROST - The Wasp Factory
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02. BEN FROST - I See You've Washed Your Hands Again
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03. BEN FROST - Death, No Less
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04. BEN FROST - Low Tide
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05. BEN FROST - Blyth
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06. BEN FROST - My Greatest Enemies Are Women And The Sea
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07. BEN FROST - High Tide
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08. BEN FROST - To Be Mastered, The World Must Be Named
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09. BEN FROST - What Happened To Me
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10. BEN FROST - You Don't Have To Sleep
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11. BEN FROST - Stormfront
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12. BEN FROST - The Bomb Circle
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13. BEN FROST - Esmeralda
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14. BEN FROST - Eric Is Getting Nearer
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15. BEN FROST - Inferno
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ARTIST
FROST, BEN
TITLE
The Wasp Factory
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BEDROOM COMMUNITY
CATALOG #
HVALUR 025LP
HVALUR 025LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
10/20/2017
Limited 2022 restock. Following the CD release of
Ben Frost
's
The Wasp Factory
in December of 2016 (HVALUR 025CD), a limited edition transparent vinyl version is presented here. In advance of new music from Ben Frost in 2017, Bedroom Community present the definitive recorded version of his 2013 opera and directorial stage debut,
The Wasp Factory
, based on the novel by the late
Iain Banks
. Setting his unwitting characters against the backdrop of vast, implacable forces of nature -- storm, sea, fire, and even their own madness -- Frost reaches deep into his formidable arsenal to reveal an unexpected warmth, from the composer of electronic experiments like
Aurora
(2014) and
Theory Of Machines
(HVALUR 002CD/LP, 2006). The focus here is on the live sound of the
Reykjavík Sinfonia
, recorded in Abbey Road's Studio II and, for the first time, the human voice. He sets
David Pountney
's libretto to tuneful, even soulful vocal lines; an extraordinarily unreliable narrator describing scenes of extreme violence and horror in music of incongruous loveliness. Limited edition transparent vinyl comes in an edition of 1000.
"
One of his boldest projects thus far, Frost's score and concept for the opera is both ambitious and grand in its design. The writing is often sparse and wide, yet simultaneously focused and intense. Frank, the protagonist, is infamously cast as an ensemble of three women who give voice to his dissociated internal monologues.
" --Drowned In Sound
"
The Australia-born, Iceland-based Frost is popularly known for his electro-acoustic hybrids of classical music and heavy metal. He combines post-minimal finesse with modernist severity and
Wagner
ian daring, charging into the deepest abysses of quiet and storming up the fieriest peaks of noise. Though the focus is now live sound and the human voice,
The Wasp Factory
should still resonate with fans of his ambient music. It's
By The Throat
(HVALUR 006CD/LP, 2009) inverted, foregrounding classical and recessing electronics, with no entropy in Frost's signature blend of concussive brawn, delicate tissue, and intricate logic.
" --Pitchfork
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