Magnetoception [2CD]

Joshua Abrams' 2015 double album Magnetoception, the third record and first double in the Natural Information Society saga, returns in a new edition. Its core was cut live to two-track in a Berwyn, Illinois attic in February 2013, with Abrams joined by guitarists Emmett Kelly and Jeff Parker and drummer Hamid Drake, then layered over the following year with Lisa Alvarado's harmonium, Ben Boye's electric autoharp, Drake's congas and solo harp and clarinet pieces from Abrams. Drawing on minimalism, jazz and non-western traditional music, it weaves rhythm, melody and drone into long, patient group performances.

Originally commissioned by Eremite and long out of print, it appears here on 2CD from Aguirre Records with a reworked sleeve by Darryl Norsen.

Track listing

01. By Way of Odessa
02. Lore
03. Of Night
04. Broom
05. Translucent
06. Of Day
07. Magnetoception
08. Spiral Up
09. The Ladder