RAPOON – Vernal Crossing

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IMPORTANT NOTE: The last copies of this LP have a dented corner.

Vernal Croossing is Rapoon´s fourth album, originally released in 1993 by Staalplaat. One of the most interesting records released by Robin Storey, now on vinyl for the first time.
A magic balance between percussion and electronics, creating mind-bending tapestries of minimalistic patterns and quasi-melodic drones fused with occasional doses of well-placed white noise. An approach much in debt to his 12 year stint with *zoviet-france*. It paints a gossamer diaphanous drifting veil of mood over the top. Other than some moody loops and psychoacoustic dimensions, it sounds authentic; there’s hardly a trace of crude electronics or sampling. The drumming, in soft tones rather than hard hitting ones, does nothing to intrude on the passive mood. The overall atmosphere does not really change throughout the recording, making it a cool, pacifying atmosphere while having the madcap tempo which would be very easy to dance to.
This edition includes a new track called Total Crossing, edited/constructed by Colin Potter, who has been in charge of the remastering of the record. A deep drone trance/meditation edit that blew Robin´s own mind (and also ours!). The successful experiment explained by Colin: “I imported all the masters to my DAW to make a mock-up of the LP & initially they were all together at the beginning of the multitrack, before I spaced them out in the record’s running order. And I thought…. what would it sound like with them all playing at once? Well, it was actually suprisingly interesting, so I did a mixdown”.

A1 The Same River Once 10:38
A2 Sonol 02:43
A3 Yi 03:33
B1 Rains 06:07
B2 Bol Baya 09:11
C1 Dahina Ta 06:13
C2 Anatapurrah 07:48
C3 Total Crossing (Constructed by Colin Potter) 04:29
D1 Vernal Crossing 11:20
D2 Yi-Tun 07:18

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Weight 16 oz
Dimensions 12.6 × 12.6 × .35 in
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