With the conclusion of other remaining projects and collaborations, there’s no focus other than dirk serries’ongoing exploration of minimalism. four years in the making and undoubtly fuelled by his 2009 debut and previous mainstays vidnaObmana and fear falls burning, this second microphonics studio album is a heartbreaking symphony of echoing themes, wailing overtones and beautiful desolation. microphonics xxi-xxv, subtitled ‘mounting among the waves, there’s a light in vein. the burden of hope across thousands of rivers’ does hint towards an emotional statement, one that boldly goes beyond what previously achieved.
microphonics xxi-xxv will be out on march 16, as a limited edition double 10inch in a numbered gatefold sleeve (150 copies on white vinyl, 300 copies on black vinyl), complete with a cd copy of the album, and a cd in a deluxe mini album gatefold sleeve.
A previously announced book edition has been cancelled for productional reasons.
Tour dates
February – mono (japan) support tour
07 arena, vienna (austria)
08 randall club, bratislava (slovakia)
09 a38, budapest (hungary)
10 daos club, timisoara (romania)
11 club fest, belgrade (serbia)
12 park, zagreb (croatia)
13 posthof, linz (austria)
14 locomotiv, bologna (italy)
15 teatro moderno, agliana (italy)
16 traffic, rome (italy)
17 bloom, mezzago (italy)
19 epicerie modern, lyon (france)
20 music hall, barcelona (spain)
21 moby dick, madrid (spain)
22 paradise garage, lisbon (portugal)
23 hard club, porto (portugal)
march
31 fluister, dordrecht (the netherlands) with loscil
april
04 world minimal music festival 2013, muziekgebouw, eindhoven (the netherlands) with kronos quartet
18 roadburn festival, 013, tilburg (the netherlands)