"Playing with Kris always reminds me of doing expeditions in a lake. Some kind of under water sound fiction observing sonic creatures. This album is a live recording (28-01-2012, Kunstencentrum Belgie, Hasselt, Belgium) which to me always felt like one of the best concerts we did. As with our previous album Arrêt au Lac Chimère Vincent de Roguin put his heart in editing and mixing the recordings, extending the dimensions of exploration to the deep bottom of the lake." Timo van LUIJK
300 copies
2007. “Vanderstraten and Van Luijk have played together before, but unlike their previous album “High Noon”, “Costa Del Luna” sees them both in a slightly different setting, more austere and carefully erected out of dusty late night encounters. Here the musical outcome is less AMM inspired and more bordering on ethereal planes that are reminiscent of France’s OM or Bertoia’s sonic worlds cross-breeding with an almost “Musik Fur Alle” era Anima aesthetic. Just like a reptile’s tail is a remnant of a long lost revolution, the duo here also slowly feeds of each other’s tiniest gestures and articulations in sound in order to trigger in response panoramic sound clusters that float somewhere between a poetic resonance of skeletal music and a shamanistic sense of poetry, all encapsulated in sonic molecules drifting in between your speakers. One of the best discs to have been released in that unholy year 2008, but again nobody seemed to notice it. Take my word for it, this record has the gift for unexpected impact, busy folding and manipulating the dead space that resides between your ears. Housed in a very beautiful jacket, with the inside lined out with imprinted shrimps floating against a blue toned background. Gonna be a major one in years to come, so mark my words. Awesome!” (Johan Wellens, Tiliqua Records). 400 copies, sleeve has printed shrimp pattern on the inside.” label info
Edition of 300 copies, white vinyl. Live at Karel Ball, Brussels 16-09-2013. Lac Chimère is a lake in Mensono, where many unknown and untouched sound creatures reside. They sometimes form musical gatherings in which their sounds float in ether. This album consists of field recordings captured at the very moment while making an accidental stop at the lake.
2005. “Following the ecstatically brilliant “Aura legato” album, Timeau de Liege frees himself from the Af Ursin one-man-quest and teams up with skin mangler and percussive magician Kris Vanderstraeten. Together they are responsible for creating another delicately crafted sound sculptures, filled with a controlled tension and carefully created improvisation balancing on the razor’s edge of fragility and virtuosity. Both of them steer away from easy-going right in your face slabs of free improv power but instead choose to operate on a totally different time frame. This enables them to raise the stakes and augment the challenge that lies buried within these sonic territories. Sonic-wise, if I have to hit you with a comparison, it leans close to early AMM well-balanced free form structures that reveal an almost autistic sense of beauty. An almost austere listening experience that once again proves that Timo and his La Scie Doree imprint are forces to watch out for. Just sheer brilliant. Comes is silk-screened jacket, limited edition of 350 copies and destined to dry up quickly. Just brilliant stuff.” (Johan Wellens, Tiliqua Records) ” label info
Limited 3rd edition (70 copies) on original white vinyl – May 2019
White water based ink silkscreened by Gerard Herman onto heavy brown board with die cut
centre hole.