Inventions - Inventions - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Ohr present a reissue of Birth Control's Operation, originally released in 1971. Re- of the second album of the Berlin outfit on the original Ohr tag. Produced by the famous photographer Didi Zill in 1971 at Hansa Studios. Album Tracks 1. Stop Little Lady 2. Just Before the Sun Will Rise 3. Work Is Done 4. Flesh and Blood 5. Pandemonium 6. Let Us Do It Now

Beginning with a trace of uncontrollable laughter that shifts into the driving atmosphere and unfolding elation of opening track InchHint and Omens,Inch Continuous Portrait is an album of strange hypnosis, punctuated by songs that venture quite far from the respective oeuvres of Cooper and Smith. The spry, playful layers of InchCalicoInch bounce against a steady thrum of rhythms and samples from everyday noises, while the dancing lightness of InchOutlook for the FutureInch is met with a storm of emotional resonance. Both tracks emerge as distinctively different directions for Inventions, and it is that very sense of exploration, pleasure, and ceremonial melancholia which informs the entire album from front to back. Inventions has always been the product of two friends who find comfort and inspiration in the genuine surprise of creating and combining sounds. Continuous Portrait whirls and hums like Cooper and Smith want us to invoke our inner playfulness and welcome a greater joy into our lives, if only for a moment. The result is a portrait that continuously embraces the completely foreign and familiar, and evolves with each successive listen. Album Tracks 1. Hints and Omens 2. Calico 3. Continuous Portrait 4. Outlook for the Future 5. Close to People 6. Spirit Refinement Exploder 7. The Warmer the Welcome 8. A Time in My Life 9. Saw You in a Movie

Vinyl LP pressing. When Explosions In The Sky's Mark T. Smith and Eluvium's Matthew Cooper united as Inventions last year, the expectation was a sound that married Smith's iconic, emotional compositions with Cooper's introspective, occasionally noisy ambiance. For the most part, their debut album delivered on that promise. However, their quick follow-up, Maze of Woods, exploded those sounds and smeared them into a rich, abstract space where comfort and confusion coexist. The duo's individual identities dissolved into a fluid, ever-changing landscape of mechanical rhythms, vocal samples, and indeterminate instrumentation. It was uniquely haunting, and brilliantly executed. Blanket Waves continues in the direction charted on Maze of Woods increasingly malleable, and even farther-reaching in it's blurring of dream and reality. Composed of two 12-minute tracks, it encompasses the curiosity and craft that Smith and Cooper are renowned for, exemplified by their weaving of seemingly disparate pieces into a breathtaking pastiche that manages to evoke the same sense of wonder and blissful abandon that have made Explosions In The Sky and Eluvium so important to so many. Album Tracks 1. Blanket Waves (14 12) - Inventions 2. Hearing Loss (11 52) - Inventions