NOVA, RICCARDO - ICTUS (LP)

"A sensational LP... That's it! A A creative collaboration between italian composer Riccardo Nova and belgian Ictus Ensemble: Riccardo Nova concentrated on the art of the drone, on the dividing line between certain works of contemporary music (such as those of the composer Giacinto Scelsi) and trance rock, a hypnotic music consisting of long, sustained compact chords with an expressive incantatory power. At that time, Nova systematically combined parts for acoustic instruments with a mirror-image of them recorded beforehand, which he manipulated until they were saturated and overloaded. His work took a new direction as a result of his encounter with traditional Indian music, and especially Carnatic music, but it did not lose its individual character." (label info) Highly recommended.