This is not a split album. Shadows is the curious offspring of MoE and The Observatory,
a radiant chase after light and darkness, casting amorphous, illusory paths of Indian
carnatic loops and heavy narcotic gamelan dreams. Containing just three songs, the
album explores a hauntology of sounds, a melange of evocative synths, disembodying
voices, percussion, and a ton of guitars from the most rancorous to the more profound.
Wandering along the length of spaces and in between, Shadows emerges from the
womb of a collective subconscious containing all that is waiting to be manifested.
Serendipitously we play, freed from the mortal coil.
credits
released July 1, 2018
The Observatory/MoE
"Shadows"
Vivian Wang
Yuen Chee Wai
Cheryl Ong
Dharma
Leslie Low
Guro Skumsnes Moe
Joakim Heibø Johansen
Håvard Skaset
Produced by The Observatory & MoE
Co-produced by Lasse Marhaug
Mixed and mastered by Lasse Marhaug
Recorded at Black Axis Studio, Singapore and Tunnelen, Oslo by Vivian Wang and the Skaset.
Design and layout by Yuen Chee Wai.
Illustration by Michelle Yu
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