seht - Sputnik II
Diagnosis... Don't! CDR-EP, 2006
"I recently had the pleasure of putting Stephen up in my lounge room whilst he was on tour in Melbourne with his band the Stumps. Whilst a fan of Seht's other masterworks, why not release something on this here diagnosis...DON'T! 3-inch series. Seht creates an epic in Sputnik II which could easily be the soundrack to deep space drifting or an Antarctic submarine mission. Icy drones and sonar pulses... A goddamned favourite!"
- Diagnosis... Don't! website
What they said...
"Of all the noisemakers from New Zealand and Australia, Seht, aka Stephen Clover, is by far the dreamiest and droniest and -least- noisy. Which might be why he holds such a special place in our hearts. And ears. Every Seht disc is a gloriously blissed out tranquil exploration of some deep dark ambient wonderland. There's nothing harsh or heavy, caustic or corrosive, instead, listening to Seht is like drifting through space, or floating a hundred feet below the surface of some clear blue sea. Everything shimmers and sparkles, flows and swirls, the sounds are soft and delicate, distant and dreamy, ethereal and indistinct. Soft focus and beautifully blurry. And this little three inch is no different. Gorgeous and serene. This disc definitely feels like a dark drift along the ocean floor, due to the haunting sonar-like pulse that permeates the whole track, it's not at all distracting though, just the contrary, very hypnotic and soothing, an organic, super minimal pulse, a barely there framework for the slow shifting liquid drones."
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