Portal, by George Chua and Dharma

Portal

by George Chua and Dharma

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1.	Unbolt 01:23	buy track
2.	The Shape of Archetypes to Come 10:59	buy track
3.	Blossoming Rot 04:42	buy track
4.	Malphunk 07:12	buy track
5.	At the Portal 05:15	buy track
6.	An Immersive Leakage 01:22	buy track
7.	Ensuing Antecedents 03:27	buy track

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George and Dharma have been active in the Singapore underground music scene since the early 90s. Although having admired each other’s work through the years, Portal marks their first collaboration which was recorded live in 2016 at a practice studio in preparation for their debut gig. With some editing and overdubs (tracks 3, 5 and 7), George on modular synth and Dharma on prepared and conventional guitar whip and churn up a sonic experience that invites one to a world beyond a derelict portal that holds the gateway to submerged archetypes, future antecedents and possibly, transcendence.

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released August 10, 2022

Recorded by Rong Zhao at Black Axis, Singapore, 2016.
Overdubs on tracks 3, 5 and 7 recorded in 2021
Mastered by Victor Low at Affixen.
Cover image of Andreas Gehlen's 'Muddy Moves, Ebertplatz, Cologne', by Philip Aldrup.
Art direction and design by Yuen Chee Wai.
Dharma: Electric Guitar, Efx and Objects.
George Chua: Modular synth

released 2022

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Dharma Singapore

Dharma is the guitarist from Singapore avant rock band The Observatory and also presents his work as a solo improviser and in different configurations with other improvisers. The approach in his playing incorporates extended techniques with various preparations and effects, resulting in percussive and textural sonics that go beyond what one would expect of the instrument. ... more

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