13.02.12
'DESPERATE IN HER HEAVY SLEEP' REVIEWS
We have had some nice early reviews filtering through for the new A-Sun Amissa release 'Desperate in Her Heavy Sleep'.

"Deeply atmospheric, from the outset this album casts long shadows and builds a subtle yet undeniable tension"
Whisperin & Hollerin 9/10

"Drones rise like dust clouds from spurs.  While the tone never quite tips into the darkness, it is clearly comfortable with shadow." A Closer Listen

30.01.12
'AS TRUE AS TROILUS'
Watch a stunning video of FareWell Poetry performing 'As True as Troilus' live at Cafe de la Danse in Paris last December.

16.01.12
A-SUN AMISSA SIGN TO GIZEH // NEW ALBUM MARCH 26th

A-Sun Amissa is a new project formed out of Leeds, UK by members of Glissando. Built on the foundations of the unknown, a project that encompasses minimalist drones, modern-classical movements and avant-garde tendencies.

Richard Knox (Glissando / 'The Rustle of the Stars' / Of Thread & Mist) & Angela Chan (Glissando / 'The Rustle of the Stars' / Ten / Tomorrow We Sail) began forming initial ideas in the Autumn of 2011, moving away from the piano-led ambience of previous outputs. Long-time friend Owen Pegg was soon invited to join the project as the pieces developed to enable the songs the depth and intensity they require.

The trio produce a dense, drone-like atmosphere accompanying evocative, melodic string sections and intertwining guitars. The live show features sections of the recorded output combined with improvisation to unlock new movements and progressions in the music. The subtle, considered textures and the hypnotic interaction between players and instruments provide an intense live performance.

October 2011 saw the first recorded output in the form of a 3" CD release as part of Hibernate Recordings' acclaimed 'postcard' series. The release 'Beneath the Heavy Tides' featured two tracks and serves as a prelude to the new record 'Desperate in Her Heavy Sleep'.

The sampler features a collection of tracks from our 2011 releases and some previews of what's to come in 2012. We hope you enjoy it and that you are as excited about what 2012 will hold as we are. Below is the tracklisting in full:

1. Fieldhead - of sorts [taken from the 2010 EP 'Riser']
2. Conquering Animal Sound - Crawl [taken from the 2011 album 'Kammerspiel']
3. Sleepingdog - Untitled Ballad of You & Me [taken from the 2011 album 'With Our Heads in the Clouds and Our Hearts in the Fields']
4. Detwiije - La Guerre des Mondes[taken from the 2011 reissue of 'Six is Better Than Eight]
5. FareWell Poetry - All in the Full, Indomitable Light of Hope (part II) [taken from the 2011 album 'Hoping for the Invisible to Ignite]
6. Clem Leek - Snow Tale #1 [taken from the 2011 cassette 'Snow Tales']
7. Richard Knox & Frederic D. Oberland - Drawing Lines to the End of the World [taken from the 2011 album 'The Rustle of the Stars']
8. Bing & Ruth - And Then It Rained [taken from the 2012 cassette 'City Lake']
9. Of Thread & Mist - Murmurous [taken from the as yet untitled 2012 EP]
10. Jayne Amara Ross, Frederic D. Oberland & Gaspar Claus - Slim-Cut Topiaries 
[taken from the 2012 original soundtrack album 'The Freemartin Calf']
11. A-Sun Amissa - I Lower My Eyes (live in the basement - an excerpt) [taken from the as yet untitled 2012 album]
12. Conquering Animal Sound - Tracer (Voltage Black Remix) [taken from the 2011 single 'Tracer']

We are proud to announce that two of our releases for 2011 have featured in Textura's top 20 albums of the year. FareWell Poetry's 'Hoping for the Invisible to Ignite' lands at #4 and Sleepingdog's 'With Our Heads in the Clouds and Our Hearts in the Fields' is at #19.

NEW TO THE STORE

OUT NOW

CONQUERING ANIMAL SOUND
'Tracer'

FAREWELL POETRY
'As True as Troilus' (Live)

CONQUERING ANIMAL SOUND
'Bear'