just realised ...

well, it's been a whole year and a day since the last post, not planned, nor very blogger like, no prizes coming this way for commitment to the blog cause ...is anyone still out there?

well, heres the latest (late) news - sabre 'one man jettison / boundary pt.1 (afterthought)// decorum' splashed down just before xmas 2009 on a lovely black with white streak vinyl edition of 500, and is now stealthily in stores with a black vinyl run of a further 500 copies. might be an idea to snap these up as the prices on discogs for the darkestral back catalogue are rising by the day, and who said vinyl was dead, it's looking like a sound investment in uncertain times ...

sabres beautiful music introduced a new project called darkestral excursions, which is meant for a more soundtrack oriented vibe, deep music that takes you away into inner/outer space and we couldnt have asked for a better introduction, such emotive stringwork set the tone perfectly for what will follow .. which leads us to;

feb 8 2010 (the year of the future in an arthur c. clarkian sense, will it promise what we hoped it to be?) and the second excursion will be jettisoned, this time from consequence, a highly talented new zealander, fresh from a debut album on dbridge's exit records

dreadtone and timeloss are, by us, described as dread-step, a heavy gravity, stripped down, gaseous, futurised upgrade of our beloved mid 90's tech-step .. more energy drained from the blueprint and molasses like textures oozing from the grooves 

on the stated date, 500 white with black streaked vinyls appear in stores worldwide, for example;

http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/products/Consequence/Consequence_13422.html

we will be undertaking a more regular series of releases this year, with another project beginning as the next release with pearson sound 'down with you / higher' opening the account of darkestral galaxicos in the near future, further releases are planned across the group, details when the time is right

for now, the ears are being opened to something called saturnalian voodoo funk?

the art of mastering the best quality vinyl

WEDNESDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 2009

the art of mastering the best quality vinyl

so, part 2, and the music described on the last post moves onto the next stage of its existence, mastering for sumptuous vinyl release

for this task, the more than capable hands, and ears, of mr stuart hawkes at metropolis mastering;

Metropolis Main News

have been enlisted to oversee and alchemically fuse his knowledge, skill and subtle precision to reach the finest possible conclusion of the process of creating the perfect representation onto lacquer

this stage, along with the other pertinent processes; initial idea, execution and transference of such to sound recording and, post mastering, vinyl cut to test pressing, artowrk and finished 'product'  are all maintained at the highest level - after all the final artefact is our sole claim to longevity and historical significance

the end user / punter / vinyl junkie / collector should expect nothing less in exchange for their hard earned , art is at the heart

as we say on the mothership darkestral .. all that exists is the future

and so, onto the next chapter yet to be written

we leave you with this thought;

where resides the lost note, and does it even sound?

darkestral       stardate 050209

new year, new darkestral

well, 2009 has begun, and appears to be moving at an accelerated rate, fast forward the future indeed

in light of the timeslip that threatens to envelope the rest of our naturals it would be foolish, if not

insensitive and ignorant not to want to share with the world some of the wonderful music that has 

enriched the darkestral existance over the last couple of months

Darkestral Recordings;

and lo, it will appear as a physical artifact in the shape of two round music carriers of the vinyl

variety toward the end of february/early march 

this particular piece of musical artistry is to be known as the 'Sepia Tones' EP from one of the

new pioneers of electronic reverie; Instra:mental.

taking the first two tracks as solitary missions and the second two with the widely respected

D Bridge this is the benchmark for a year of possibilities

'Photograph', 'The Dead Zone','Translucent' and 'Detuned' explore split visions of a future unmapped,

from the real utopian beauty to the eerie and downright uneasy and gives more weight to the

call that is ringing in certain circles that these are THE producers of the moment

www.myspace.com/darkestralrecordings

Darkestral Excursions;

splitting from the mothership is the probe that ventures further into the outer realms of what 

can be credible bracketed in our tempo range, cut adrift to float in zero gravity, beats and 

atmospheres feel of a different pressure and of a cinematic hue

Sabre has created the perfect introduction to the new frontier, headphones an essential partner

for these floatation in space .....

www.dogsonacid.com (dubplate section)

next in line ... Consequence with further moves into cinematic dead air .... watch this space, 

dont steal our oxygen ...

170 ... respect the speed limit